And when the man came in, Eli sat upon a stool by the wayside looking: for his heart feared for the ark of God. And the man came in and told it in the city. And all the city cried.

Yet nevertheless, whereas I looked for good, evil happened unto me; and whereas I waited for light, there came darkness.

And this is the cause that equity is so far from us, and that righteousness cometh not nigh us. We look for light, lo, it is darkness; for the morning shine, see, we walk in the dark.

We looked for peace, and we fair not the better; we waited for the time of health, and lo, here is nothing but trouble.

"Hast thou then utterly forsaken Judah?" said I, "Doest thou so abhor Zion? Or hast thou so plagued us, that we can be healed no more? We looked for peace, and there cometh no good: for the time of health, and lo, here is nothing but trouble.

But

For their wound is past remedy. And why? It is come into Judah, and hath touched the port of my people at Jerusalem already.

It is I that created the light, and darkness. I make peace, and trouble: yea, even I the LORD do all these things.

Cry they out Alarum with the trumpet in the city, and the people not afraid? Cometh there any plague in a city without it be the LORD's doing?

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Desolation shall remain in the cities, and the gates shall be smitten with destruction.

We looked for peace, and we fair not the better; we waited for the time of health, and lo, here is nothing but trouble.