The LORD shall send upon you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you set your hand unto to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of your doings, by which you have forsaken me.

O God, you have taught me from my youth: and to this day have I declared your wondrous works.

[A Psalm of David.] LORD, I cry unto you: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto you.

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

And whosoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.

And for an unclean person they shall take some of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put on them in a vessel:

And they that sat to eat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgives sins also?

And all people of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of you.

And when a man shall dedicate his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.

All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred and eight thousand and a hundred, according to their armies. And they shall go forward third.

And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants dug a well.

Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your merchants: they traded in your market wheat from Minnith, and olives, and honey, and oil, and balm.

That frustrates the omens of the liars, and makes diviners mad; that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

And if it spreads much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a disease.

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh give foolish counsel: how do you say unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come unto you, saying, Buy my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.

Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Have you come to inquire of me? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Out of his nostrils goes smoke, as out of a boiling pot or caldron.

On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to possess it.

But unto the wicked God says, What have you to do to declare my statutes, or that you should take my covenant in your mouth?

O LORD God, turn not away the face of your anointed: remember the mercies of David your servant.

The LORD shall cause your enemies that rise up against you to be defeated before your face: they shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways.

Therefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the road that goes up, watch opposite watch.

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, These are your gods, O Israel, who have brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.

But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shall you take unto yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.

And said unto them; Go you also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

But the servants of David had struck down Benjamin, and Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

And of her that is sick of her impurity, and of him that has a discharge, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lies with her who is unclean.

And if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is shameful for women to speak in the church.

Whoever therefore shall swear by the altar, swears by it, and by all things thereon.

Who satisfies your mouth with good things; so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

Then shall he give the rain for your seed, that you shall sow the ground with; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be rich and plentiful: in that day shall your cattle feed in large pastures.

Now, you son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? yea, you shall show her all her abominations.

And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travails: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

Be still, you inhabitants of the coast; you whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Yet again they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless you, O home of justice, and mountain of holiness.

Your teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, every one bears twins, and there is not one barren among them.

He made darkness his secret place; his canopy round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Beside their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.

[To the Chief Musician on neginoth. A maschil, a Psalm of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Does not David hide himself with us?] Save me, O God, by your name, and judge me by your strength.

And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child became warm.

Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read:

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they dedicate to Baalim.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigns.

And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, you approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be you terrified because of them;

So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and around to Sidon,

And the border turned from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along to the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the commander of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell.

Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.

Of all food which may be eaten, that on which such water comes shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with you?

That you shall say, Your servants' trade has been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say you unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear you the word of the LORD;

Also, you son of man, the children of your people still are talking against you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, everyone to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that comes forth from the LORD.

Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

You shall have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.

Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all its cities, saying,

For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.

O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for you: be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Through your precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

Whosoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit: so he that waits on his master shall be honored.

For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation.

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has the LORD God of heaven given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.

He causes it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were dim by reason of his age.

And she said unto him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart is not with me? you have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.

When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me good for his cursing this day.

And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.

Then shall he that offers his offering unto the LORD bring a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of oil.

And Joshua answered them, If you are a great people, then get up to the forest country, and clear ground for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim is too narrow for you.

And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for you must go with this people unto the land which the LORD has sworn unto their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.

You shall also make a laver of bronze, and its base also of bronze, for washing: and you shall put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.

And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, are you the man that spoke unto the woman? And he said, I am.

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

And when they entered unto the nations, where they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and have gone forth out of his land.

And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

They shall have equal portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his family possessions.

And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

But unto the sons of the concubines, whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.

But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are soon to come.

For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and many people.

For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.

What then shall I do when God rises up? and when he comes, what shall I answer him?

I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and restrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

Who make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, till there is no room.

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was lying down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.

Therefore glorify the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.

They that dwell in my house, and my maidservants, count me as a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as you have said: but make me from it a little loaf first, and bring it unto me, and after that make some for you and for your son.

And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their towns, and all Israel in their towns.

And some of the heads of the fathers' houses, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in its place:

And he that kills an animal shall make it good; animal for animal.

And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within your gates.

And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, all that belonged unto Mephibosheth are yours. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech you that I may find grace in your sight, my lord, O king.

And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept his servant from evil: for the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and talked with Abigail, to take her to be his wife.

And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall face one another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Since God has showed you all this, there is none so discreet and wise as you are:

And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

You may not sacrifice the passover within any of your gates, which the LORD your God gives you:

And there is none that calls upon your name, that stirs up himself to take hold of you: for you have hid your face from us, and have consumed us, because of our iniquities.

This is the law of him that has a discharge, and of him who has an emission of semen, and is unclean thereby;

And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.

She perceives that her merchandise is good: her lamp goes not out by night.

Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trusts in his own righteousness, and commits iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he has committed, he shall die for it.

And he built there an altar, and called the place El-bethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

And I will turn you back, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with forest shade, and of a high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is good for nothing.

He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

Then said I unto them, Cast you away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

When he has made level the face of it, does he not sow the dill, and scatter the cummin, and plant the wheat in rows and the barley and the spelt in their places?

Surely the coastlands shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.

The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.

In God, I will praise his word, in God, I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

Which leaves her eggs in the earth, and warms them in dust,

Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that does speak: behold, it is I.

Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out all recesses for ore in darkness, and the shadow of death.

The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have taken away the idol poles out of the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God.

And there went over a ferryboat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;

And when you see the south wind blow, you say, There will be heat; and it comes to pass.

And Moses was very angry, and said unto the LORD, Respect not their offering: I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

We have therefore brought an offering for the LORD, what every man has gotten, of ornaments of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make an atonement for ourselves before the LORD.

And he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD has said unto me, You shall not go over this Jordan.

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her.

And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife.

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.

Whosoever loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots wastes his substance.

You shall be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of horror and desolation, with the cup of your sister Samaria.

The eyes of all wait upon you; and you give them their food in due season.

Go forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare you, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say, The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.

You did divide the sea by your strength: you broke the heads of the serpents in the waters.

Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me.

And now, Lord, what do I wait for? my hope is in you.

That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: from the proceeds of business he shall not rejoice.

Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

God understands its way, and he knows its place.

That they may fear you, to walk in your ways, as long as they live in the land which you gave unto our fathers.

So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they pronounced judgment upon him.

Let your servant, I pray you, turn back again, that I may die in my own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto you.

So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken away from before the LORD, to put hot bread in its place the day when it was taken away.

And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as you are, and my people as your people; and we will be with you in the war.

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a belt with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and gave him Isaac.

And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.

I have caused you to multiply as the bud of the field, and you have increased and become great, and you are come to excellent beauty: your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown, yet you were naked and bare.

But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.

Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. Tomorrow, said he, you shall hear him.

And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before you: begin to possess, that you may inherit his land.

And Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

If he begets a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that does any one of these things,

But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

I will be your king: where is any other that may save you in all your cities? and your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes?

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with you.

But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

Whosoever is partner with a thief hates his own soul: he hears cursing, and reveals it not.

I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

Yea, let none that wait on you be ashamed: let them be ashamed who transgress without cause.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish does not so.

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the noble, in whom is all my delight.

And when you send him out free from you, you shall not let him go away empty:

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to their fathers' houses, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water outlet of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat appoint some of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the heads of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

And it shall be, if you will hearken unto all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto you.

And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he had hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, they said, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no one able to rule the kingdom.

Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, with which Baasha was building; and he built with them Geba and Mizpah.

And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked in them: and there remained the idol poles also in Samaria.)

And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, your servants are in Gath.

There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.

When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid in wait against Shechem in four companies.

There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have nursed children? for I have borne him a son in his old age.

And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:

Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all.

And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.

Exalt you the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that was stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

Thus says the Lord GOD; This shall be the borders, by which you shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

Moreover by them is your servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

For jealousy causes the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

You that are full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: your slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

The full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall before the mighty one.

Or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it;

He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with one blow: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.

The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,

As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

And they defeated all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they plundered all the cities; for there was very much plunder in them.

And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let your hand, I pray you, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on your people, that they should be plagued.

And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will pin David even to the wall with it. And David escaped out of his presence twice.

And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Your servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.

But Jeroboam sent an ambush to come around behind them: so they were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he decided not to go there.

That you mix not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

And Saul cast a javelin at him to strike him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.

And Jonathan spoke good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been toward you very good:

And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they had possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

If any of you are driven out unto the farthest parts of heaven, from there will the LORD your God gather you, and from there will he bring you:

And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every assault be tried:

And then the border turns westward to Aznothtabor, and goes from there to Hukkok, and reaches to Zebulun on the south side, and reaches to Asher on the west side, and to Judah by the Jordan toward the sun rising.

The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.

And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the children of Ammon;

And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shall you redeem, according to your valuation, for the money of five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

And every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and you shall break it.

When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face.

Seven days you shall make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever touches the altar shall be holy.

And you shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of meeting in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.

And you shall burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Then I washed you with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.

And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

Thus says the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city shall be built upon its own mound, and the palace shall stand in its proper place.

And he removed that day the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have you bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not believe him?

For I will not see you now in passing; but I trust to tarry awhile with you, if the Lord permits.

And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon camels, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.

See you a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope for a fool than for him.

But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and pile up clothing as the clay;

I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.

A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away from any;

The folds of his flesh are joined together: they are firm on him; they cannot be moved.

Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

And David put his hand in his bag, and took there a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

And after all this the LORD struck him in his intestines with an incurable disease.

Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that you love the LORD your God.

The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

That which grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, neither gather the grapes of your untended vine: for it is a year of rest unto the land.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he made war, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

And you shall return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command you this day.

For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and bowed down to my sheaf.

And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

But the firstling of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb: and if you redeem it not, then shall you break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto you, that you have brought so great a sin upon them?

And from there they went to Beer: that is the well of which the LORD spoke unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

Therefore every one that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

And he laid his hands on them, and departed from there.

And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, in which your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell there, even they, and their children, and their children's children forever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever.

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, says the Lord GOD.

And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

Yet you say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with you, because you say, I have not sinned.

And I will add unto your days fifteen years; and I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

The noose is laid for him on the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

And they came up into Judah, and invaded it, and carried away all the possessions that were found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was not a son left him, except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.

And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and made marks on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

Remember that you magnify his work, which men behold.

And he has filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy your threshing floor, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

And when he had set the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing grain, with the vineyards and olives.

And he walked in all the ways that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:

You shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess it.

And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish.

And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,

Because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you hallowed me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

And Joseph gathered grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he quit numbering; for it was without number.

And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

And he said unto him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a greater nation and mightier than they.

And Moab was greatly afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

However we must be cast upon a certain island.

For we are glad, when we are weak, and you are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.

But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons forever:

Has lent money for interest, and has taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.

For their heart studies destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed.

Inquire, I pray you, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house; lest he be weary of you, and so hate you.

The prince that lacks understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hates covetousness shall prolong his days.

Men shall buy fields for money, and sign deeds, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, says the LORD.

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

They reap every one his grain in the field: and they gather the vineyard of the wicked.

Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

His memory shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the next day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:

And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were being slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

Also Jehoiada appointed the oversight of the house of the LORD to the hands of the priests, the Levites, whom David had assigned in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.

Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trod her under foot.

And I will set my face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and you shall flee when none pursues you.

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:

And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

According to all that you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

And he brought also the bronze altar, which was before the LORD, from the front of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.

And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, so that he died not.

And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard your father speak unto Esau your brother, saying,

Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but you did laugh.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a whole house.

And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and died, and was gathered unto his people.

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spoke unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

Command therefore that the sepulcher be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

But I will sing of your power; yea, I will sing aloud of your mercy in the morning: for you have been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

And I, where shall I cause my shame to go? and as for you, you shall be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray you, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from you.

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew upon the grass.

And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told everything, and what was befallen to him possessed of the demons.

We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfill all your petitions.

Cursed be he that removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

The altar also was torn, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust at threshing.

And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.

In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

Take from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and bronze,

And when they had received it, they murmured against the owner of the house,

Also of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall you buy, and of their families that are with you, whom they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land because of Absalom.

For I heard the mocking of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my friends watched for my fall, saying, Perhaps he will be deceived, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled like the place of Topheth, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiriathhuzoth.

And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

And the sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister unto you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you.

This is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, has despised you, and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.

One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write on his hand, The LORD's, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

But thus says the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contends with you, and I will save your children.

The works of his hands are truth and justice; all his commandments are sure.

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall he respect that which his fingers have made, either the idol poles, or the incense altars.

But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not build a house unto my name, because you have shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

I will not conceal his limbs, nor his power, nor his graceful proportion.

Then shall you bring forth that man or that woman, who has committed that wicked thing, unto your gates, even that man or that woman, and shall stone them with stones, till they die.

And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.

And whomsoever he touches that has the discharge, and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Then said she, I pray you, let the king remember the LORD your God, that you would not allow the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth.

And the LORD shall bring you into Egypt again in ships, by the way of which I spoke unto you, You shall see it no more again: and there you shall be sold unto your enemies as male and female slaves, and no man shall buy you.

And when he had come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.

And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: who said, We will not come up:

And he cut out two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

Seems it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?

And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

And if he has betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

A widow, or a divorced woman, or defiled, or a harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife.

Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.

But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

By what way is the light distributed, which scatters the east wind upon the earth?

Also, you son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:

The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

There are three things which are stately in stride, yea, four are stately in their walk:

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were older than he.

And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the plan of the chariot of the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why have you not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land on which your feet have trodden shall be your inheritance, and your children's forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.

He brought me forth also into a broad place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

And Samuel said, What means then this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

Then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their engraved stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:

Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish unto you an everlasting covenant.

And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.

And if any man say anything unto you, you shall say, The Lord has need of them; and immediately he will send them.

And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

Thus says the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not restrained their feet, therefore the LORD does not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and punish their sins.

Chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

In that you have brought into my sanctuary foreigners, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when you offer my food, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and grain offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the grain offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

Thus says the LORD; if you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

Now also when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed your strength unto this generation, and your power to every one that is to come.

Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like him that treads in the winepress?

And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaks what is right.

I have declared, and have saved, and I proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore you are my witnesses, says the LORD, that I am God.

And Absalom said unto him, See, your matters are good and right; but there is no man appointed of the king to hear you.

And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out unto the LORD.

An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the gatekeepers, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

And it is turned around by his guidance: that they may do whatsoever he commands them upon the face of the whole earth.

And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

Then hear from the heavens, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all people of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

Therefore it shall be when you are gone over Jordan, that you shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.

This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto you.