The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, and shall wash his feet in the blood of the ungodly.

O LORD God of Hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.

Wilt thou not give a reasonable answer? Art thou afraid of anything, seeing thou begannest first to speak, and not I?

And thereto he rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar which had received an oath of him by God, and was too stiff necked and too hard hearted to turn unto the LORD God of Israel.

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal.

And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, "Since they began to bring the heave offerings into the house of the LORD, we have eaten and had enough, and yet left abundance, for the LORD hath blessed his people and thereof is this heap left."

The children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim;

Thus can I not get out of darkness, the cloud hath so covered my face.

And even so did he in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon and of Naphtali thereto.

And he put away out of all the cities of Judah, the hill altars and the idols: for the kingdom was quiet before him.

Among the children of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Azaziah. In the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah.

And David said to Gad, "I am in an exceeding strait. But let me fall in to the hands of the LORD, for passing great is his mercy, and let me not fall unto the hands of men."

The eighth to Jeshaiah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons.

And then they sent to Jezebel saying, "Naboth is stoned to death."

The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.

The thirteenth to Huppah. The fourteenth to Jeshebeab.

neither let Hezekiah make you trust to the LORD, saying: the LORD will surely rid us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hands of the king of Assyria.'

Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite;

the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Melchijah,

Be merciful LORD unto thy people Israel which thou hast delivered and put not innocent blood unto thy people Israel: and the blood shall be forgiven them.'

Such things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and was the noblest of thirty: But not like to any of the three in facts of war.

And Micah said unto him, "Whence comest thou?" And the Levite answered him, "I am of Bethlehem Judah, and go to dwell where I may find a place."

And so Joshua blessed them and sent them away. And they went unto their tents.

But if her husband disannulled them the same day that he heard them, then nothing that proceeded out of her lips in vows and bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand in effect: for her husband hath loosed them, and the LORD shall forgive her.

And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot, out of the kindreds of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

Out of the portion of the children of Judah came the inheritance of the children of Simeon. For the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: and therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance in the inheritance of them.

We will go harnessed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall be on this side the Jordan."

and one he-goat for a sin offering unto the LORD, which shall be offered with the daily burnt offering and his drink offering.

And in the breadth of the court westward, there shall be hangings of fifty cubits long, and ten pillars with their ten sockets.

This is the law of burnt offerings, of meat offerings, of sin offerings, of trespass offerings, of full offerings, of peace offerings,

for the wavebreast and the heaveshoulder I have taken of the children of Israel, even of their peace offerings, and have given it unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons: to be a duty forever of the children of Israel."

And he answered, and said, "Must I not keep that and speak it, which the LORD hath put in my mouth?"

And make unto that a hoop of four fingers broad, round about. And make a golden crown also to the hoop round about.

So shall ye know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and bring you out of them.

And Jacob rose up from Beersheba. And the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their children and their wives in the chariots which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

for I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing at all wherefore they should have put me into this dungeon."

And he put them inward three days.

And Hamor communed with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: give her him to wife,

The Worthies of Babylon shall leave the battle, and keep themselves in strongholds, their strength hath failed them, they shall be like women. Their dwelling places shall be burnt up, their bars shall be broken.

Thus sayeth the LORD: The maintainers of the land of Egypt shall fall, the pride of her power shall come down: even unto the tower of Syene shall they be slain down with the sword, sayeth the LORD God.

thou shalt say, 'they be thy servant Jacob's, and are a present sent unto my lord Esau, and behold, he himself cometh after us.'"

Behold, like as the Lion cometh up from the pleasant meadows of Jordan unto the green pastures of Ethan, so will I drive them forth, and make them run against her. But whom shall I choose out, and ordain to such a thing? For who is like me, or who will strive with me? Or what shepherd may stand against me?

Thus shall it happen after seventy years. The LORD shall visit the city of Tyre, and she shall convert unto her reward, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms that be in the world.

The LORD thy God, no doubt, hath well considered the words of Rabshakeh, whom his lord the king of the Assyrians hath sent, to defy and blaspheme the living God: with such words as the LORD thy God hath heard right well. And therefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that yet are left.'"

For thus hath the LORD said: My people went down aforetime into Egypt, there to be strangers. Afterward did the king of the Assyrians oppress them for naught.

When I heard this, I came again to myself, and mused, like as I had been waked out of a sweet sleep.

Like the dew of Hermon, which fell upon the hill of Zion. For there the LORD promised his blessing, and life forevermore.

Thou art the God that doest wonders, and hast declared thy power among the people.

But do thou to them as unto the Midianites, unto Sisera, and unto Jabin by the brook of Kishon,

Great prosperity giveth he unto his king, and showeth loving-kindness unto David his anointed, and unto his seed for evermore. {TYNDALE: For thy great and manifold saving of thy king, and showing mercy unto thine anointed, even to David, and his seed forever.}

Truth shall flourish out of the earth, and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them which hate me; for they are too mighty for me. {TYNDALE: He delivered me from my mighty enemy, and from them that hated me and were too strong for me.}

which I have prepared against the time of trouble, against the time of battle and war?

God is gone up with a merry noise, and the LORD with the sound of the trumpet.

Because thine heart did melt and thou didst meek thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabiters thereof, and humblest thyself before me, and tarest thy clothes and weepest before me, that have I heard also, sayeth the LORD.

And all the congregation bowed themselves, and the singers sang, and the trumpets blew, and continued until the burnt offering was finished.

Nevertheless, thou hast condemned the judgment of the ungodly; yea, even such a judgment and sentence shalt thou suffer.

toward the Wellgate, and they went up over against them upon the steps of the city of David at the going up of the wall to the house of David, unto the Watergate Eastward.

This it is therefore that ye shall do. The third part of you priests and Levites which come in the Sabbath day, shall keep the doors;

Therefore, behold, the LORD will smite thee with a mighty plague in thy folk, in thy children, in thy wives and in thy goods.

And over the workmen in the fields that tilled the ground, was Ezri the son of Chelub.

And of the sons of Gershom: Shebuel was the chief.

And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were put to the worse of Israel, they made peace with David and served him. Neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon anymore.

and put Soldiers in Edom, and all Edom became David's servants: for the LORD kept David in all that he took in hand.

Which, when it was told David, he gathered all Israel, and went over Jordan and went and set upon them. And David put himself in array against the Syrians, and they fought with him.

These were the ancient among the Levites in their generations. And these dwelt at Jerusalem.

"'Cursed be he that lieth with any manner beast.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and her suburbs, Alemath with her suburbs, Anathoth with her suburbs: so that all their cities among their kindreds were thirteen.

the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

And so Hushai, David's friend, gat him to the city. And Absalom also entered into Jerusalem.

The rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all he did and his power are written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

Wherefore, when Saul saw that he was so exceeding wise, he was afraid of him.

Gold, silver, brass, iron, tin and lead,

And the people answered Joshua, "Nay, but we will serve the LORD."

"'And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you upon the sword.

and on his sister as long as she is a maid and dwelleth nigh him and was never given to man: on her he may defile himself.

And Joseph said unto him, "This is the interpretation of it.

And then the elders of the congregation said, "What shall we do to the remnant of them, to get them wives; seeing all the wives of Benjamin are destroyed?"

Neither ceased she from the fornication, that she used with the Egyptians: for in her youth they lay with her, they bruised the breasts of her maidenhead, and poured their whoredom upon her.

And he asked him, "Art thou my son Esau?" And he said, "That I am."

And the man waxed mighty, and went forth and grew till he was exceeding great,

He went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

which covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth, and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains;

There were Cherubims and date trees made also, so that one date tree stood ever betwixt two Cherubims. One Cherub had two faces,

Dedan occupied with thee, in fair tapestry work and cushions.

Then the residue of the Heathen that lie round about you shall know that I am the LORD, which repair that was broken down, and plant again that was made waste. Even I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it indeed.

As truly as I live, sayeth the LORD God, he shall die at Babylon: in the place where the king dwelleth, that made him king, whose oath he hath despised, and whose covenant he hath broken.

Behold, it was planted: shall it prosper therefore? Shall it not be dried up and withered, yea even in the shooting out of his blossoms, as soon as the east wind bloweth?'"

And that because they refused my laws, and walked not in my commandments, but had unhallowed my Sabbaths - for their heart was gone after their Idols.

How happeneth it that the hammer of the whole world is thus broken and bruised in sunder? How chanceth it that Babylon is become a wilderness among the Heathen on this manner?

If the grape gathers come upon thee, should they not leave some grapes? If the night robbers came upon thee, should they not take so much as they thought were enough?

Nevertheless, I have ever since the beginning showed thee of things for to come, and declared them unto thee before they came to pass: that thou shouldest not say, "Mine Idol hath done it; my carved or cast image hath showed it."

For all tables are so full of vomit and filthiness, that no place is clean.

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

He shall come down like the rain into a fleece of wool, even as the drops that water the earth.

As for the remnant of the people, the king's daughters and all the people that were yet left at Mizphah, upon whom Nebuzaradan the chief Captain had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor: Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away prisoners toward the Ammonites.

They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that he punished Moses for their sakes,

My mouth shall speak daily of thy righteousness and salvation; for I know no end thereof.

But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable. There is none that doeth good, no not one.

For he flattereth himself in his own sight, until his abominable sin be found out.

to make the grass grow in places where no body dwelleth, and in the wilderness where no man remaineth?

Through God will we do great acts, for it is he that shall tread down our enemies.

I will take no bullocks out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.

All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were all together three hundred and two and ninety.

And David came to Ornan. And when Ornan looked and saw David, he went out of the threshing floor and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

But David took not the number of them under twenty years: for the LORD said he would increase Israel like unto the stars of the sky.

the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee, an Hararite;

And when they came to bury her, they found no more of her, than the skull and the two feet and the two hands.

And the men of the sheriffs of the shires went out first. And Benhadad sent out, and they showed him, saying, "There came men out of Samaria."

And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coasts as he hath sworn unto thy fathers and give thee all the land which he said he would give unto thy fathers

And all the elders of Israel and all the people said, "Hearken not to him nor consent."

Mejarkon and Rakkon with the country that lieth before Joppa.

Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.

This is the inheritance of the Children of Zebulun, in their kindreds, the said cities with their villages.

And all those kings and their land, Joshua took at one time: because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

Bless, LORD, their power, and accept the works of their hands: smite the backs of them that rise against them and of them that hate them, that they rise not again."

If he have no father's brethren, ye shall give his inheritance unto him that is next to him of his kindred, and let him possess it. And this shall be unto the children of Israel an ordinance, and a law, as the LORD hath commanded Moses.'"

he met thee by the way and smote the hindmost of you, all that were over laboured and dragged behind, when thou wast fainted and weary, and he feared not God.

And all the women that excelled in wisdom of heart, span the goats' hair.

and of Ozni, cometh the kindred of the Oznites; and of Eri cometh the kindred of the Erites;

and ye shall, throughout all the land of your possession, let the land go home free again.

"'This is the law of beast and fowl and of all manner thing that liveth and moveth in the water and of all things that creep upon the earth,

onyx stones and set stones for the Ephod and for the breastlap.

My sheep go wandering upon all mountains, and upon every high hill. Yea they be scattered abroad in all fields, and there is no man, that careth for them, or seeketh after them.

that is, to wit, two tribes and a half have received their inheritance on the other side of Jordan by Jericho eastward, toward the sun-rising."

Reuben answered them, saying, "Said I not unto you that ye should not sin against the lad? But ye would not hear; And now verily see, his blood is required."

And his mother said unto him, "Upon me be thy curse, my son, only hear my voice, and go and fetch me them."

All kings of the sea shall come down from their seats regal: they shall lay away their robes, and put off their costly clothing. Yea, with trembling shall they be clothed, they shall sit upon the ground: they shall be afraid at thy sudden fall, and be abashed at thee.

The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali.

So went the present before him, and he tarried all that night in the tent,

"Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: The thick wall of Babylon shall be broken, and her proud gates shall be burnt up. And the thing that the Gentiles and the people have wrought with great travail and labour shall come to naught and be consumed in the fire."

So I spake unto the people betimes in the morning; and at even my wife died. Then upon the next morrow, I did as I was commanded.

As for their captivity, namely the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, the captivity of Samaria and her daughters: I will bring them again. So will I also bring again thy captivity among them:

because he slew me not, as soon as I came out of my mother's womb, and because my mother was not my grave herself, that the birth might not have come out, but remained still in her.

"As for the words that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will in no wise hear them:

And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore unto them and their fellows on this manner, "Be not afraid to serve the Chaldeans; dwell in the land, and do the king of Babylon service, so shall ye prosper.

"Considerest thou not what this people speaketh? 'Two kindreds,' say they, 'had the LORD chosen, and those same two hath he cast away.' For so far is my people come, that they have no hope to come together any more, and to be one people again.

Thy shame shall be discovered, and thy privities shall be seen. For I will avenge me of thee, and will show no mercy to thee as I do to other men,

Which fetched Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him unto king Jehoiakim that slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the common people's grave.

Put me now in remembrance, for we will reason together, and show what thou hast for thee, to make thee righteous.

At that time also shall the glory of Jacob be very poor, and his fatness lean.

The grasshoppers have not a guide, yet go they forth together by heaps.

For thou shalt eat the labours of thine own hands; O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be.

Thou gavest me not thy young beasts for burnt offerings, neither didst honour me with thy sacrifices. Though boughtest me no dear spice with thy money, neither pourest the fat of thy sacrifices upon me. Howbeit, I have not been chargeable unto thee in offerings, neither grievous in incense.

Every day will I give thanks unto thee, and praise thy name for ever and ever.

But thou, O LORD, endurest forever, and thy remembrance throughout all generations.

He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour; and with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee."

Good luck have thou with thine honour; ride on with the truth, meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation.

Show us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

The floods are risen, O LORD. The floods have lift up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

As for men they are but vanity; the children of men are deceitful. Upon the weights they are altogether lighter than vanity itself.

And there went that told David how the men were served. And the king sent to meet them - for the men were exceedingly ashamed - and said, "Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return."

and so turn again unto thee with all their hearts and all their souls in the land of their enemies which hold them captive, and pray unto thee, toward the land which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the wood country he built castles and towers.

Therefore will I speak also, insofar as I may be heard, and will show you mine opinion.

And yet I hope my blood shall not fall to the earth before the face of the LORD, though the king of Israel be come out to hunt a flea, as men hunt the partridges in the mountains."

but the men of the army which Amaziah had turned back and would not let go with his people to battle, ran upon the cities of Judah from Samaria unto Bethhoron and slew three thousand of them and won much spoil.

Of his covenant to Abraham, and of his oath to Isaac:

and fell at his feet and said, "Let this unhappy deed be counted mine, my lord, and let thine handmaid speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thy handmaid.

Of the Gershonites was Ladan and Shimei.

And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, "My lord king, the trespass be on me and on my father's house, and the king and his seat be guiltless."

And the five men that went to spy out the land, went in thither and took the carved image and the ephod, the graven image, and the image of metal. And the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were armed unto battle,

And he that burneth her, shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his flesh also in water, and be unclean until evening.

And they said, "We will not hurt thee, save only bind thee and deliver thee unto their hands: But we will not kill thee." And so they bound him with two new cords and brought him up from the rock.

but deliver him the pledge again by that the sun go down, and let him sleep in his own raiment and bless thee. And it shall be righteousness unto thee, before the LORD thy God.

Then said Saul, "God do so and so to me, except that thou die Jonathan."

Neither showed they mercy on the house of Jerubbaal, otherwise called Gideon, according to all the goodness which he showed them.

These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your feasts: beside your vows and freewill offerings, in your burnt offerings, meat offerings, drink offerings and peace offerings."'

If he be too poor so to be set, then let him come before the priest: and let the priest value him, according as the hand of him that vowed is able to get.

Then they shall break down the house: both stones, timber and all the mortar of the house, and carry it out of the city unto a foul place.

And when thou hast seen it, thou shalt be gathered unto thy people also; as Aaron thy brother was gathered unto his people.

And the kindreds of the sons of Merari were numbered in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers,

But and if the scab grow in the skin after that he is seen of the priest again.

from thirty years and above unto fifty, and that were able to go forth in the host and to do service in the tabernacle of witness.

The sword upon their horsemen and chariots, and upon all the common people that dwell under them: so that they all shall become like women. The sword upon their treasure: so that it shall be stolen away.

He measured the east side with the measuring rod, which round about contained five hundred measuring rods.

Thus sayeth the LORD God: Because your enemy hath said upon you, 'Aha, the high everlasting places are now become ours':

so that neither cornerstones, nor pinnacles, nor foundation stones shall be taken any more out of thee, but waste and desolate shalt thou lie for evermore, sayeth the LORD.

"Thou son of man, these that dwell in the wasted land of Israel say, 'Abraham was but one man, and he had the land in possession: now are we many, and the land is given us to possess also.'

And will bring Israel again to his pleasant pasture, that he may feed upon Carmel and Bashan, and be satisfied upon the mount of Ephraim and Gilead.

And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, with those ten men that were sworn to him, start up, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword; and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor of the land.

Yea it shall come thereto, that like as I have gone about in times past to root them out, to scatter them, to break them down, to destroy them and chasten them: Even so will I also go diligently about, to build them up again, and to plant them, sayeth the LORD.

He fulfilleth the desire of them that fear him; he heareth their cry, and helpeth them.

That when the house of Judah heareth of the plague, which I have devised for them, they may peradventure turn, every man from his wicked way, that I may forgive their offenses and sins."

There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.

because of the great blasphemies of the children of Israel and Judah, which they have done to provoke me: yea they, their kings, their princes, their Priests, their Prophets, whole Judah, and all the citizens of Jerusalem.

For thus hath the LORD spoken upon the king's house of Judah: Thou art the head, as Gilead is in Lebanon: What wilt thou lay of it, if I make thee and thy cities also not so waste that no man shall dwell therein?

Behold, my servants shall rejoice for very quietness of heart: But ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and complain for vexation of mind.

The singers also and trumpeters shall he rehearse. All my fresh springs shall be in thee.

The LORD shall turn thee over like a ball with his hands, and shall send thee into a far country. There shalt thou die, there shall the pomp of thy chariots have an end: thou villain of the house of thy LORD.

I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is; I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me.

LORD, thou knowest all my desire, and my groaning is not hid from thee.

But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee, and let all such as delight in thy salvation say always, "The LORD be praised."

Be not thou afraid, though one be made rich, or if the glory of his house be increased;

Speak to the earth, and it shall show thee; or to the fishes of the sea, and they shall certify thee.

The fourth captain in the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him. And in his host were twenty four thousand.

then shall I sow, and another eat; yea, my generation and posterity shall be clean rooted out.

Therefore, thou needest not be afraid of me, neither needest thou to fear that my authority shall be too heavy for thee.

And David laid upon them from the twilight until the evening on the morrow: so that there escaped not a man, save four hundred young men which rode away upon camels and fled.

And of the children of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and of his brethren two hundred and twenty.

And ten servants that bare Joab's weapons, turned and smote Absalom and slew him.

When Nathan had told David according to all these words, and to all this vision, king David went

And when David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal shore his sheep,

"The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt give them a possession to inherit among their father's brethren, and shalt turn the inheritance of their father unto them.

Nibshan, the city of salt, and Engedi: Six cities with their villages.

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, "What wickedness is this that is happened among you?

And then Abimelech went and dwelt at Arumah. And then Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, and would not suffer them to dwell in Shechem.

Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears and call heaven and earth to record against them.

This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a cloth whether it be woolen or linen: either whether it be in the warp or woof, or in anything made of skins, to judge it clean or unclean."

And he knew it, saying, "It is my son's coat: a wicked beast hath devoured him, and Joseph is rent in pieces."

among the firstborn of the children of Israel: and it came to a thousand three hundred and sixty five sicles, of the holy sicle.

and the vestments to minister in, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to minister in,

When Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them: But made strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them saying, "Whence come ye?" And they said, "Out of the land of Canaan, to buy victuals."

They ponder not in their minds, for they have neither knowledge nor understanding, to think thus, "I have burnt one piece in the fire; I have baked bread with the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh withal, and eaten it: shall I now of the residue make an abomination, and fall down before a rotten piece of wood?"

See therefore that ye abide in the door of the tabernacle of witness day and night seven days long: and keep the watch of the LORD that ye die not: for so I am commanded."

And when he had told it unto his father and his brethren, his father rebuked him, and said unto him, "What meaneth this dream which thou hast dreamed: shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come and fall on the ground before thee?"

for the stuff they had was sufficient for them unto all the work, to make it; and too much.

And Laban answered, "It is better that I give her thee, than to another man: bide therefore with me."

she was rooted out in displeasure, and cast down to the ground. The East wind dried up her fruit; her strong stalks were broken off, withered, and burnt in the fire.

Then said Judah unto him, "The man did testify unto us saying, 'Look that ye see not my face except your brother be with you.'

And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, will I give unto thee, and unto thy seed after thee will I give it also."

Who should now make a God, or fashion an Image, that is profitable for nothing?

Mirth and cheer shall be taken away from the timber field, and from the whole land of Moab. There shall be no sweet wine in the press, the treader shall have no stomach to cry, yea there shall be none to cry unto him:

Therefore, behold, I will make the cities of Moab weaponless, and take away their strength, their cities, and chief coasts of their land which are the pleasures of the country: As namely. Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim.

that the land might be held in subjection, and not to rebel, but keep the covenant, and fulfill it.

In the twenty third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the chief Captain, took away seven hundred forty five Jews prisoners. The whole sum of all the prisoners is four thousand and six hundred.

And Zedekiah shall be carried unto Babylon, and there shall he be, until the time that I visit him, sayeth the LORD. But if thou takest in hand to fight against the Chaldeans, thou shalt not prosper."

and so came in to Egypt: for they were not obedient unto the commandment of God. Thus came they to Tahpenes.

After this, the LORD spake unto me again,

If my delight were not in thy law, I should perish in my trouble.

Their mouths are softer than butter, and yet have they battle in their mind: their words are smoother than oil, and yet be they very swords.

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

Their harvest shall be burnt; their wives, which were their beauty when they came forth, shall be defiled. For it is a people without understanding, and therefore he that created them, shall not favour them; and he that made them, shall not be merciful to them.

O let my mouth be filled with thy praise, that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long.

Arise, LORD! Why sleepest thou? Awake, and be not absent from us forever.

LORD, where are thy old loving-kindnesses, which thou sworest unto David in thy truth?

O God, when thou wentest forth before the people, when thou wentest through the wilderness, Selah,

My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing, the fire kindled, and at the last I spoke with my tongue,

He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from God his saviour.

Such as are blessed of God shall possess the land; and they that are cursed of him shall be rooted out.

From the men of thy hand, O LORD, from the men, I say, and from the evil world, which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.

Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in the time of thy wrath; the LORD shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume them.

And he put the carved Image of an Idol which he had made, in the house of God - Of which house, God said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house here in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes, I will put my name forever,

The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah;

And the king gave a portion of his substance for burnt offerings at morning and even, and for burnt offerings on the Sabbath days and new moons and other solemn feasts, according as it is written in the law of the LORD.

he took counsel with his captains and men of might, to stop the water of the fountains that were without the city - and they were content to help him.

And so Edom departed from under the hand of Judah unto this day. That same time also did Libnah depart from under his power, because he left the LORD God of his fathers.

And at the last Asa fell on sleep with his fathers and died when he had reigned fifty one years.

with the two pillars and the sea of brass and the bottoms, which Solomon had made in the house of the LORD. The brass of all these vessels was without weight.

And the same day the king hallowed the middle of the court that is before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings and meat offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brazen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings and meat offerings and the fat of the peace offerings.

And he said, "What fashion is he of?" And the woman said, "There cometh up an old man with a mantle upon him." And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and stooped with his face to the ground and bowed himself.

But they were a wall of defense unto us both by night and also by day, all the while we were with them keeping sheep.

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth, three.

The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema.

Then she went and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son and went out.

And Amasa lay wallowing in blood in the midst of the way. And there was a man that saw all the people stand still. And when he saw that all that came by him stood still, he rolled Amasa out of the way into the field and cast a cloth upon him.

The said Abishai to David, "God hath closed in thine enemy unto thine hand this day. Now therefore let me smite him a fellowship with my spear to the earth, even one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time."

And then the lords of the Philistines brought her seven withies that were yet green and never dried and she bound him therewith.

And the field was fought in divers places, all abroad upon the earth. And the woods devoured more people that day than did the sword.

And Saul made an altar unto the LORD. And that was the first altar that he made unto the LORD.

Then said the lords of the Philistines, "What are yonder Hebrews?" And Achish said unto the lords of the Philistines, "Is not this David the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me days or years? And I have found no fault in him since he fled unto me unto this day."

Then came Abimelech unto the tower and fought against it, and went hard unto the entering of the gate, to set it on fire.

And there shall arise after them seven years of hunger. So that all the plenteousness shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt. And the hunger shall consume the land:

and the female at thirty sicles.

Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen: Thirteen cities with their villages.

And he said unto them, "Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed.

As the LORD commanded Moses, even so the children of Israel did when they divided the land.

and the great temptations which thine eyes have seen, and those great miracles and wonders.

And they went from Mithkah, and lodged in Hashmonah.

so that she conceived and bare a son, and said, "God hath taken away my rebuke."

But Nebuzaradan the chief captain let the rascal people, and those that had nothing, dwell still in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and corn fields at the same time.

And there is a fire gone out of her stalks, which hath burnt up her branches and her fruit: so that she hath no more strong stalks, to be staves for officers. This is a piteous and miserable thing."

"For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon hath been in her time like as a threshing floor, but shortly shall her harvest come.

Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD God: In the day when he goeth down to the grave, I will cause a lamentation to be made, I will cover the deep upon him, I will staunch his floods, and the great waters shall be restrained. I shall cause Lebanon to be sorrowful for his sake, and all the trees of the field shall be smitten.

therefore go thou thither, and read the book, that thou hast written at my mouth: Namely, the words of the LORD, and read them in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: that the people, whole Judah, and all they that come out of the cities, may hear.

Then Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the Host that were with him, took the remnant of the people, whom Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had led away when he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom they also had rescued from him: fighting men, women and children, and gelded men: Whom they brought again from Gibeon.

Behold, their messengers cry without, the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

The waters of Nimrim were dried up, the grass was withered, and the herbs destroyed, and the green things gone.

The poor and the lender meet together; the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

and cause his light to shine upon them, and to cover the bottom of the sea.

Get you to Tarshish; mourn ye that dwell in the Isles.

And Hezekiah spake heartily unto the Levites that had good understanding of the LORD. And they did eat that feast seven days long and offered peace offerings and thanked the LORD God of their fathers.

Behold, O LORD, how that I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds in sunder.

Who will reprove him of his way? Who will say unto him, 'Thou hast done wrong?'

And the priests slew them and offered the blood of them upon the altar, to make satisfaction for all Israel, for the king said that the burnt offering and the sin offering should serve for all Israel.

Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

Wherefore the wrath of the LORD fell on Judah and Jerusalem: and he scattered them and made them so thin that men hiss at it, even as ye see with your eyes.

The rest of the acts of Jotham and all his wars and his ways are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

And they went unto the children of Reuben, of Gad and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead and spake with them, saying,

But there came a man of God to him and said, "King, let not the army of Israel go with thee: for the LORD is not with Israel neither with any of the house of Ephraim.

And under the stalk of the laver in the midst of the bottom was there a round foot of half a cubit high. And thereon, plain places and ledges of the self.

But sought the LORD God of his father and walked in his commandments and not after the doings of Israel.

And Azel had six sons whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. These are the sons of Azel.

When they had compassed me in the day of my tribulation, the LORD stayed me up.

And we will take ten men of the hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of the thousand, and a thousand out of the ten thousand, to fetch victuals for the people to make that they may go against Gibeah Benjamin, according to all the folly, that they have wrought in Israel."

Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages.

And they sent that gay coat and caused it to be brought unto their father and said, "This have we found: see, whether it be thy son's coat or no."

Zenan, Hadashah, and Migdalgad;

And therefore the wrath of the LORD waxed hot upon that land to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book.

And ye shall divide the inheritance of the land by lot among your kindreds, and give to the more the more inheritance, and to the fewer the less inheritance. And your inheritance shall be in the tribes of your fathers, in the place where every man's lot falleth.

and let the priest value it. And whether it be good or bad as the priest setteth it, so shall it be.

"Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest and let him take up the censers out of the burning and scatter the fire here and there,

that they suffered no thirst, when they travailed in the wilderness. He clave the rocks asunder, and the water gushed out."

And when the days of weeping were ended, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If I have found favour in your eyes, speak unto Pharaoh and tell him, how that

"Thou son of man, prophesy and speak, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Mourn, woe worth this day,

So they carried the king away prisoner to Riblah, unto the king of Babylon in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

Wilt thou not slay the wicked, O God, that the bloodthirsty might depart from me?

Thou hast despised my Sanctuary, and unhallowed my Sabbath.

Mine age is folden up together, and taken away from me, like a shepherd's cottage: my life is hewn off, like as a weaver cutteth off his web. While I was yet taking my rest, he hewed me off, and made an end of me in one day.'

Early in the morning do I cry unto thee; for in thy word is my trust.

Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizphah, and dwelt there with him among the people that were left in the land.

For the glorious Majesty of the LORD shall there be present among us. In that place, where fair broad rivers and streams are, shall neither Galley row, nor great ship sail.

For when thou art angry, all our days are gone; we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.

for it costeth more to redeem their souls, so that he must let that alone forever.

But, LORD, I make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time. Hear me, O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, even in the truth of thy salvation.

Thou hast subdued Egypt, like one that is wounded; thou scatterest thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm.

The LORD of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

And between the parlor of the corner unto the Sheepgate builded the goldsmiths and the merchants.

If the LORD had not helped me, my soul had almost been put to silence.

And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice and shouting and with trumpets and horns.

Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength; so will we sing and praise thy power.

And Josiah gave to the common people in lambs and kids, for Passover offerings only, unto all that were present thirty thousand by tally, and three thousand oxen; even of the king's substance.

but that he bow our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, ordinances and customs which he commanded our fathers.

And yet the men were very good unto us and did us no displeasure, neither missed we anything, as long as were conversant with them, when we were in the fields.

And he shall dwell in the said city until he stand before the congregation in judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days. And then shall the slayer return and come unto his own city and unto his own house, and unto the city from whence he fled.'"

The fifteenth to Bilgah. The sixteenth to Immer.

And David reigned over all Israel and did right and equity unto all his people.

And the LORD shall turn the rain of the land unto powder and dust: even from heaven they shall come down upon thee, until thou be brought to nought.

And the sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.

And the king lamented over Abner and said, "Abner died not as a wretch dieth.

And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

cursed shall thine almery be and thy store.

Cursed shalt thou be in the town, and cursed in the field;

And the men departed, and walked through the land and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and returned to Joshua unto the host at Shiloh.

And he cried after the lad, "Haste! Make speed and stand not still." And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrow and came to his master.

And the children of Israel had pity on Benjamin their brethren, and said, "There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day:

And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wavebreast and all the right shoulder is thine.

Defile not therefore the land which ye inhabit, and in the midst of which I also dwell, for I am the LORD which dwell among the children of Israel.'"

And ye shall eat old store, and cast out the old for plenteousness of the new.

I will go down with thee into Egypt, and I will also bring thee up again, and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes."

for I will greatly promote thee unto great honour, and will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me! Come therefore I pray thee, curse me this people.'"

and a girdle of twined bysse, jacinth, scarlet and purple: even of needle work, as the LORD commanded Moses.

then he is a leper and unclean: and the priest shall judge him unclean, for the plague of his head.

and led them into Joseph's house, and gave them water to wash their feet, and gave their asses provender.

Ye shall eat the flesh of the worthies, and drink the blood of the princes of the land: of the wethers, of the lambs, of the goats, and of the oxen that be all slain at Bashan.

And he put the maidens and their children foremost, and Lea and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

Seven months long shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

and brought them to the house of the LORD, into the closet of the children of Hanan the son of Igdaliah the man of God: which was by the closet of the princes, that is above the closet of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, which is the chief of the treasury.

"'And because thou hast said, 'What, both these nations and both these lands must be mine, and I will have them in possession,' whereas the LORD was there:

Because ye were so cheerful and glad, to tread down mine heritage, and fulfill your pleasures, as the calves in the grass: And triumphed over them like the bulls, when ye had gotten the victory.

And therefore thus sayeth the LORD: Ye have not obeyed me, every man to proclaim freedom unto his brother and neighbour: wherefore, I will call you unto a freedom, sayeth the LORD - even unto the sword, to the pestilence, and to hunger, and will make you to be plagued in all the kingdoms of the earth.

To condemn a man in his cause; The LORD hath no pleasure in such things.

Thy gates shall stand open still both day and night, and never be shut: that the house of the Gentiles may come, and that their kings may be brought unto thee.

After years and days shall ye be brought in fear, O ye careless cities. For Harvest shall be out, and the grape gathering shall not come.

Then all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, "Take in thine hand the book, whereout thou hast read before all the people, and come." So Baruch the son of Neriah took the book in his hand, and came unto them.

and to hear the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, rising up timely, and still sending: If ye will not follow them, I say,

A thousand of you shall flee for one, or at the most for five, which do but only give you evil words: until ye be desolate, as a ship mast upon a high mountain, and as a beacon upon a hill.

Thus, I say, speaketh the LORD of Hosts: Behold, I will send a sword, hunger and pestilence upon them, and will make them like untimely figs, that may not be eaten for bitterness.

And I will bring you with your enemies into a land that ye know not: for the fire that is kindled in my indignation, shall burn you up."

Be thou nigh at hand also, O LORD, for all thy commandments are true.

There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of a host; neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength.

For all the world shall worship thee, sing of thee, and praise thy name." Selah.

As concerning thy testimonies, I have known ever since the beginning that thou hast grounded them for ever.

When a man is in honour and hath no understanding, he is compared unto the brute beasts - and becometh like unto them.

For innumerable troubles are come about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me, that I am not able to look up. Yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.

Thy testimonies, O LORD, are very sure; holiness becometh thine house forever.

And for flesh hooks, basins and drinking pots of pure gold. And for cups of gold by weight, cup by cup. And for cups of silver by weight, cup by cup.

The children of Pashhur, a thousand, and two hundred and seven and forty;

and thereto all the vessels which king Ahaz did cast aside when he reigned and transgressed, them we have repaired and sanctified; and see, they are before the altar of the LORD."

But if thou hast anything to say, then answer me, and speak, for thy answer pleaseth me.

And so David and Abishai came to the people by night. And behold, Saul lay sleeping within a round bank and his spear pitched in the ground at his head, Abner and the people lying round about him.

The seed of Israel are his servants, the children of Jacob are his chosen!

The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

And so all the men of Israel gathered together, unto Gibeah, knit together as it had been but one man.

And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen and Ashan, five towns,

Go, I pray you, and mark more diligently; and know and see his haunt, where his foot hath been, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he is very subtle.

six in the one stone, and the other six in the other stone: according to the order of their birth.

And they said, "Up, and let us go unto them, for we have seen the land, that it is very good. Haste therefore and be not slothful to depart and go and conquer the land.

And Abimelech chased him that he fled before him and many were overthrown and slain, even until they came unto the entering of the gate.

"And behold, ye are risen up in your father's stead, the increase of sinful men, to augment the fierce wrath of the LORD to Israelward.

And when even was come, he took Lea his daughter and brought her to him and he went in unto her.

All these cities of the children of Aaron priests were thirteen cities with their Suburbs.

and a simnel of bread and a cake of oiled bread and a wafer out of the basket of sweet bread that is before the LORD,

and in the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon;

And the other half of the children of Israel which Moses separated from the men of war

And a certain man found him wandering out of his way in the field, and asked him what he sought.

And of the half of the children of Israel, take one of fifty of the women, of the oxen, of the asses and of the sheep, and of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites which wait upon the habitation of the LORD."

Then came the maidens forth, and did their obeisance.

And he said unto them, "Is he in good health?" And they said, "He is in good health: and behold, his daughter Rachel cometh with the sheep."

so that from henceforth, no tree in the water shall attain to his highness, nor reach his top unto the clouds, neither shall any tree of the water stand so high, as he hath done. For unto death shall they all be delivered under the earth, and go down to the grave, like other men.

Moreover, there be all the princes of the north, with all of the Sidonians, which are gone down to the slain. With their fear and strength they are come to confusion, and lie there uncircumcised, among those that be slain with the sword: and bear their own shame, with them that be gone down to the pit.

So the king of Babylon caused the children of Zedekiah and all the nobles of Judah be slain before his face at Riblah.

For the Chaldeans shall come, and win this city, and set fire upon it, and burn it: with the gorgeous houses in whose parlors they have made sacrifice unto Baal, and poured drink offerings unto strange gods, to provoke me unto wrath.

For I will visit you, sayeth the LORD, because of the wickedness of your inventions, and will kindle such a fire in your wood, as shall consume all that is about you.'"

therefore shall ye have this mischief again for your destruction and fall, like as a high wall, that falleth because of some rift or blast, whose breaking cometh suddenly.

and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, "O hear our petition, that thou mayest pray for us unto the LORD thy God, and for the remnant, whereof there be very few left of many, as thou seest us:

These are the perilous weapons of the covetous, these be his shameful counsels: that he may beguile the poor with deceitful works, yea, even there as he should give sentence with the poor.

I will make waste both mountain and hill, and dry up every green thing that groweth thereon. I will dry up the floods of water, and drink up the rivers.

That he bringeth princes to nothing, and the judges of the earth to dust;

The LORD hath chastened and corrected me; but he hath not given me over unto death.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

Assyria also shall be slain with the sword: not with a man's sword, neither shall the sword of any man devour him. And he shall flee from the slaughter, and his servants shall be taken prisoners.

My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I love; and my study shall be in thy statutes.

Then shall he judge thy people according unto right, and defend the poor.

God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee.

As for me, I was like a deaf man and heard not; as one that were dumb, not opening his mouth.

I am become a reproach unto them; they look upon me and shake their heads.

But who regardeth the power of thy wrath? For even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure.

There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Should I take my bread, my water and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men which I know not whence they be?"

The eleventh to Azarel with his sons and brethren, twelve persons.

And the firepans, and basins that were either of gold or silver, them took the chief Marshal away

And Ahaz begat Jarah. And Jarah begat Alemath, Azmaveth, Zimri. And Zimri begat Moza.

Then he numbered the men of the governors of the shires: and they were two hundred and thirty two. And after them he numbered all the people, and all the children of Israel were seven thousand.

And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of witness with singing, until Solomon had built the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem. And then they waited on their offices, according to the order of them.

For thy great and manifold saving of thy king, and showing mercy unto thine anointed, even to David, and his seed forever.

And the eighth day he sent the people away. And they blessed the king and went unto their tents joyous and glad in heart for all the goodness that the LORD had showed unto David his servant and to Israel his people.

that the inheritance of the children of Israel roll not from tribe to tribe. But that the children of Israel may abide, every man, in the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

When Joab was come the woman said, "Art thou Joab?" And Joab answered, "That am I." And she said to him, "Hear the words of thy handmaid." And he said, "I am ready to hear."

And compasseth from the north and goeth forth to Enshemesh and to the coasts that lie before the going up unto Adummim; and goeth down to the stone of Bohan the son of Ruben;

But and if her husband forbade her the same day that he heard it, then hath he made her vow which she had upon her of none effect, and that also which she pronounced with her lips wherewith she bound her soul, and the LORD shall forgive her.

This is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the daily burnt offering and his drink offering.

and showed David how that Saul had slain the LORD's priests.

Then Jonathan gave his weapons unto the lad and said unto him, "Go and carry them to the town."

And they shall take thereto, gold, jacinth, scarlet, purple and bysse.

If the priest's daughter be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of the hallowed heave offerings.

ten cubits long shall every board be, and a cubit and a half broad.

thirty milch camels with their colts: forty cows and ten bulls: twenty she asses and ten foals

After this he measured a thousand again, then was it such a river, that I might not wade through it: The water was so deep, that it was needful to have swimmed, for it might not be waded over.

The land of Egypt is open before thee: In the best place of the land make both thy father and thy brethren dwell. And even in the land of Goshen let them dwell. Moreover, if thou know any men of activity among them, make them rulers over my cattle."

and brake off the top of his twig, and carried it into the land of Canaan, and set it in a city of merchants.

and these are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, and Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau also.

And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave, which is called Rachel's grave pillar unto this day.

Then brought he me to the door, upon the North side of the house. And as I looked about me, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house: and I fell down upon my face.

Therefore, as truly as I live, sayeth the LORD God, I will prepare thee unto blood. Yea, blood shall follow upon thee: seeing thou layest wait for blood, therefore shall blood persecute thee.

Thus will I destroy all such filthiness out of the land, that all women may learn not to do after your uncleanness.

Therefore shall trouble come upon thee, and thou shalt not know, from whence it shall arise. Mischief shalt fall upon thee, which thou shalt not be able to put off. A sudden misery shall come upon thee, before thou be aware.

I will make their widows more in number than the sands of the sea. Upon the mothers of their children, I shall bring a destroyer in the noonday. Suddenly and unawares, shall I send a fear upon their cities.

At whom hath he asked counsel, to make him understand, and to learn him the way of judgment: to teach him science: and to instruct him in the way of understanding?

and shed the innocent blood of their sons and of their daughters; whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan, so that the land was defiled with blood.

Prophesy, thou son of man, and smite thine hands together: make the sword two edged, yea make it three edged, that manslayer's sword, that sword of the great slaughter, which shall smite them even in their privy chambers:

And ye shall know that I am the LORD: when I entreat you after my name, not after your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt works: O ye house of Israel, sayeth the LORD.'"

Every man exhorted his neighbour, and brother, and bad him be strong.

And the whole seed of Israel shall be justified, and make their boast in the LORD.

I hear no evil will in my mind. Who will compel me that I, greatly forgetting all faithfulness, should burn it up at once with thorns and bushes?

Hear me, O LORD, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the grave.

Thou art good and friendly; O teach me thy statutes.

For my soul is full of trouble, and my life draweth nigh unto hell.

As for the sinners, they shall be consumed out of the earth, and the ungodly shall come to an end. But praise thou the LORD, O my soul: Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

But for all this they sinned yet more, and believed not his wondrous works.

When thou calledest upon me in trouble, I delivered thee, and heard thee, what time as the storm fell upon thee. I proved thee also at the waters of strife. Selah.

There shall be a heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills; his fruit shall shake like Lebanon, and shall be green in the city like grass upon the earth.

God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed; for God helpeth her, and that right early.

So that men shall say, "Verily there is a reward for the righteous! Doubtless, there is a God that judgeth the earth!"

He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light, and thy just dealing as the noonday.

O deliver me from the wicked doers, and save me from the bloodthirsty men.

For I will confess my wickedness, and be sorry for my sin.

For the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem and merced the land in a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

whether it be his uncle or his uncle's son, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his kindred: either if his hand can get so much he may be loosed.

And David brought together the children of Aaron and the Levites.

Of the Izharites, Shelomoth. Of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.

he sent out ten of his young men, and said unto them, "Get you up to Carmel and go to Nabal and greet him in my name.

They said unto me, 'Make us a god to go before us, for we wot not what is become of Moses, the fellow that brought us out of the land of Egypt.'

and the sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech and Tarea.

And a he-goat for a sin offering beside the daily burnt offering and his meat and drink offerings.

And I will sanctify the tabernacle of witness and the altar: and I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons to be my priests.

And his gift was: a silver charger of a hundred and thirty sicles weight; and a silver bowl of seventy sicles of the holy sicle - and both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering -

"If there be found in the skin of the flesh of man or woman a glistering white,

And the number of them in their kindreds were two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.

And then Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the host, saying, "See that neither man nor woman prepare any more work for the holy heave offering." And so the people were forbidden to bring:

I will send you much people, which shall be all of the house of Israel: the cities shall be inhabited, and the decayed places shall be repaired again.

Insomuch that the same wicked man giveth the pledge again, restoreth that he had taken away by robbery, walketh in the commandments of life, and doth no wrong: Then shall he surely live, and not die.

And Joseph said unto his brethren and unto his father's house, "I will go and show Pharaoh, and tell him that my brethren and my father's house which were in the land of Canaan are come unto me,

If ye shall take this also away from me and some misfortune happen upon him, then shall ye bring my gray head with sorrow unto the grave.'

The ships of Tarshish were the chief of thy occupying. Thus thou art full, and in great worship, even in the midst of the sea.

And Lea conceived yet again and bare Jacob the sixth son.

that all they which dwell in Egypt, may know, that I am the LORD: because thou hast been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

The king of Babylon also caused Zedekiah's sons to be slain before his face; yea and put all the princes of Judah to death at Riblah.

I will give thee also this token, O Hezekiah: this year shalt thou eat that is kept in store, and the next year such as groweth of himself, and in the third year ye shall sow and reap, yea ye shall plant vineyards, and enjoy the fruits thereof.

Behold, the rulers of Israel have brought every man his power, to shed blood in thee.

The spirit of the LORD led them as a tame beast goeth in the field. Thus, O God, hast thou led thy people, to make thyself a glorious name withal.

Yet no man was abashed thereof, or rent his clothes: neither the king himself, nor his servants, though they heard all these words.

And all people shall serve him, and his son, and his child's children, until the time of the same land be come also: Yea, many people and great kings shall serve him.

I say to the ground, "Be dry," and I dry up thy water floods.

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard; even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing.

They are like, as if thou understoodest much, and keptest nothing: or if one heard well, but were not obedient.

The watchman answered, "The morning cometh, and so doth the night. If ye will ask any question, then ask it, return and come again."

The streets are waste, there walketh no man therein; the covenant is broken, the cities are despised; they are not regarded,

For he shall never be moved, and the righteous shall be had in an everlasting remembrance.

They turned back, and tempted God, and moved the holy one in Israel.

Thou crownest the year with thy good, and thy footsteps drop fatness.

To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning, and of thy truth in the night season;

And let the damsel's father say unto the elders, 'I gave my daughter unto this man to wife and he hateth her:

As for me, I am poor and in misery; haste thee unto me, O God. Thou art my help, my redeemer, and my God: O make no long tarrying.

sing praises unto the honor of his name. Make his praise to be glorious.

O be favourable and gracious unto Zion; build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

and the firstlings of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law: and the firstlings of our oxen and of our sheep, that we should bring all this to the house of our God unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:

I will always give thanks unto thee, for that thou hast done: and I will hope in thy name, for thy saints like it well.

And Conaniah with Shemaiah and Nethanel his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, lords of the Levites, gave unto the Levites five thousand Passover offerings, and five hundred oxen.

The daughters of Tyre shall be there with gifts, the rich among the people shall make their supplication before thee.

and have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goods that thou gavest them, and in the large and plenteous land which thou gavest them; and have not converted from their wicked works.

And thereto in the very time of his tribulation did king Ahaz trespass yet more against the LORD.

But that ye also should turn away this day from following the LORD: ye shall rebel today against the LORD, and tomorrow he shall be wroth with all the congregation.

And there they were with David three days eating and drinking: for their brethren prepared for them.

These were born of Haraphah at Gath and were overthrown by the hand of David and of his servants.

And the workmanship of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel. And the axletrees, the navels, spokes and shafts were all molten.

Ye have eaten no bread, nor drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know, how that he is the LORD your God.

and all their villages that were round about the said cities unto Baalathbeer. This is the habitation of them and their genealogy.

And turned to her unto the way and said, "Come, I pray thee, let me lie with thee." For he knew not that it was his daughter-in-law. And she said, "What wilt thou give me, for to lie with me?"

And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, with the meat offering and the drink offering after the manner of the morning: a sacrifice of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

and the coast shall reach out to Ziphron and go out at Hazarenan. And this shall be your north quarter.

that ye may put difference between unclean and clean, and between the beasts that are eaten and the beasts that are not eaten.'"

Fear not therefore, for I will care for you and for your children." And he spake kindly unto them.

And they departed from Hashmonah, and lay at Moseroth.

This is that which I said unto Pharaoh, that God doth show Pharaoh what he is about to do.

I will give you sinews, and make flesh grow upon you, and cover you over with skin: and so give you breath, that ye may live and know that I am the LORD.'"

and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, pins and cords with all that pertaineth and serveth unto them. And by name ye shall reckon the things that they must wait upon to bear.

And let the priest see it: and if the rising of the sore be reddish white in his bald head or forehead after the manner of a leprosy in the skin of the flesh,

But their witness agreed not together.

which had to do with her: even the princes and lords, that were decked in costly array: fair young men, lusty riders of horses.

and made two cherubims of thick gold upon the two ends of the mercy seat:

like as silver, and brass, iron, tin, and lead, are put together in the furnace and the fire blown there under to melt them: Even so will I gather you, put you in together, and melt you in my wrath and indignation.

I will make a bare stone of thee; yea, a drying place for nets, and shall never be builded again: For even I the LORD have spoken it, sayeth the LORD God.

These were the children of Reuel Esau's son: duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah. These are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom, and these were the sons of Basemath Esau's wife.

In thee have they discovered their fathers' shame, in thee have they vexed women in their sickness.

Cry, O thou son of man, and howl: for this sword shall smite my people, and all the rulers in Israel, which with my people shall be slain down to the ground through this sword. Smite therefore thou upon thy thigh, for it is gone forth to make a trial.

for we were ashamed to hear the blasphemies; our faces were covered with shame, because the strange aliens came into the Sanctuary of the LORD.

Howbeit, I sent unto them my servants all the prophets: I rose up early, I sent unto them, and gave them warning. 'O do no such abominable things, and things that I hate.'

My chosen shall live long, they shall not labour in vain, nor beget with trouble: for they are the high, blessed seed of the LORD, and their fruits with them.

He hath no pleasure in the strength of a horse, neither delighteth he in any man's legs.

One of her whelps she brought up, and it became a lion: it learned to spoil, and to devour folk.

He lived wickedly before the LORD even as Jehoiakim did.

'Behold, the time will come, that everything which is in thine house, and all that thy progenitors have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried to Babylon, and nothing left behind. Thus sayeth the LORD.

but when he speaketh fair, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and be withered even as the green herb.

And Hananiah the prophet took the chain from the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it;

My people's field shall bring thorns and thistles, for in every house is voluptuousness; and in the cities, willfulness.

And Rabshakeh said unto them, "Tell Hezekiah that the great king of Assyria sayeth thus unto him, 'What presumption is this, that thou trustest unto?

The trees of the LORD also are full of sap, even the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted,

And the people shall be burnt like lime, and as thorns burn that are hewn off, and cast in the fire."

O that my people would obey me! For if Israel would walk in my ways,

The LORD upon thy righthand shall smite even kings in the day of his wrath.

I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the people; I will sing unto thee among the nations.

The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to bring forth young, and discovereth the thick bushes; in his temple doth every man speak of his honour.

that thou mayest bring us unto their quarters, if thou canst tell the way to their houses.

They fell upon me, as it had been the breaking in of waters, and came in by heaps to destroy me.

And when thou gatherest thy vineyard, thou shalt not gather clean after thee: but it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless and the widow.

Therefore turned they back traitorously and unfaithfully from him, and would not receive his ways.

And he set the priests in their offices and aided them in the service of the house of the LORD.

Where is the counsel that thou shouldest give him, which hath no wisdom? Wilt thou so show thine excellent righteousness?

The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

Then said Samuel, "Wherefore dost thou ask of me? While the LORD is gone from thee and is thine enemy,

The third fell to Zaccur with his sons and brethren, being twelve persons.

And the eldest son which she beareth, shall stand up in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out in Israel.

And the sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, Tarea and Ahaz.

And these are the dwelling places of them in their towns and coasts: I mean, of the sons of Aaron of the kindred of the Kohathites, for so their lot fell.

And so the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

Then said Jonathan to David, "Come, and let us go out into the fields." And they went out both of them into the fields.

He saw, therefore, his beginning, and that there was a portion there to hide the lawgiver; and he came with the heads of the people, and executed the righteousness of the LORD and his judgments with Israel."

And when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, let them make captains of war over them.

Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot; and according to the names of the tribes of their fathers, they shall inherit:

And possess the land and dwell therein, for I have given you the land to enjoy it.

And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim before Nebo.

And make two rows of them, six on a row upon the pure table before the LORD,

And I had Pharaoh's cup in my hand, and took of the grapes and wrung them into Pharaoh's cup, and delivered Pharaoh's cup into his hand."

And departed from Rithmah and pitched at Rimmonperez.

Two feet shall one board have to couple them together withal, and so thou shalt make unto all the boards of the habitation.

Behold, I have heard that there is corn to be sold in Egypt. Get you thither and buy us corn from thence, that we may live and not die."

and set the burnt offering altar before the door of the tabernacle of witness, and offered burnt offerings and meat offerings thereon as the LORD commanded Moses.

and put every man's money in his bag mouth, and put my silver cup in the sack's mouth of the youngest and his corn money also." And he did as Joseph had said.

They were not aware that Joseph understood them, for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

Then they brought Rebekah their sister on the way, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and the men that were with him.

And she conceived and bare a son and called his name Er.

These were the children of Aholibamah Esau's wife: duke Jeusg, duke Jalam, duke Korah. These dukes came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah Esau's wife.

The Ephah and the Bath shall be alike. One Bath shall contain the tenth part of a Homer, and so shall one Ephah do: their measure shall be after the Homer.

And ye shall dwell in the land which I gave your fathers. And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

They of the house of Togarmah brought unto thee at the time of thy mart, horse, horsemen and mules.

Ye fools, no doubt, will take out silver and gold out of your purses, and weigh it, and hire a goldsmith to make a god of it, that men may kneel down and worship it.

To the priests, to the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, and tread before me to do me service, sayeth the LORD God: Unto these give thou a young bullock, for a sin offering;

They shall be carried unto Babylon, and there they shall remain until I visit them, sayeth the LORD. Then will I bring them hither again."

And that he may do it right, his God teacheth him and showeth him.

Get thee to some place alone, either upon the righthand or on the left, whithersoever thy face turneth.

Then shall it be answered: Because they have broken the covenant of the LORD their God, and have worshipped and served strange gods.'"

"Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,

His breath is like a vehement flood of water, which goeth up to the throat. That he may take away the people, which have turned themselves unto vanity, and the bridle of error, that lieth in other folks' jaws.

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and the people of Judah put him to death for this? No verily, but rather feared the LORD, and made their prayer unto him. For the which cause also the LORD repented of the plague, that he had devised against them. Should we then do such a shameful deed against our souls?"

As for thy land that lieth desolate, wasted and destroyed: it shall be too narrow for them, that shall dwell in it. And they that would devour thee, shall be far away.

Whoso is wise, and pondereth these things well, shall understand the loving-kindness of the LORD.

Ascribe unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the Heathen; ascribe unto the LORD worship and strength. {TYNDALE: Ascribe to the LORD ye kindreds of people; Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.}

Mourn, ye ships of Tarshish, for your power shall be thrown down.

The law of his God is in his heart; therefore shall not his footsteps slide.

Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy commandments.

And the lords and all the people rejoiced and brought in and cast into the coffer until it was full.

The ninth Captain in the ninth month was Abiezer an Antothite of the sons of Benjamin: and in his host twenty four thousand.

Prolong not thou the time, till there come a night for thee, to set other people in thy stead.

And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man, which had a spear in his hand. And Benaiah went down to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and slew him with his own spear.

And they cast lots: the small as well as the great in the households of their fathers, from gate to gate.

And the sons of Ulam were mighty men and bowmen and had many sons and son's, sons, a hundred and fifty. All these are the sons of Benjamin.

Then Jonathan called David and showed him all those words, and brought him to Saul. And he was in his presence as in times past.

And the LORD was wroth the same time and sware, saying,

and Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, 'Who shall go over sea for us and fetch it us that we may hear it and do it?'

And thou shalt make hooks of gold,

But there was another Eagle, a great one, which had great wings and many feathers: and behold, the roots of this vine had a hunger after him, and spread out his branches toward him, to water his fruits.

and in the tribe of the children of Issachar, the lord Paltiel the son of Azzan;

And he went again unto him and lo, he stood by his sacrifice: both he and all the lords of Moab.

And when Jacob came from the fields at even, Lea went out to meet him, and said, "Come in to me, for I have bought thee with my son's mandragoras." And he slept with her that night.

and dwell with us, and the land shall be at your pleasure; dwell and do your business, and have your possessions therein."

If a man now hear the noise of the trumpet and will not be warned, and the sword come and take him away: his blood shall be upon his own head.

"This is the heave offering, that ye shall give to be heaved: namely, the sixteenth part of an Ephah, out of a Homer of wheat: and the sixteenth part of an Ephah, out of a Homer of barley.

Nevertheless, mine eye spared them, so that I would not utterly slay them, and consume them in the wilderness.

"Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon every town about it, all the plagues that I have devised against them: for they have been obstinate, and would not obey my warnings."

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

Moreover, the LORD hath said unto the bowmen, and to them that climb over the walls in breastplates: He shall not spare her young men; kill down all her host.

They will not be learned nor understand, but walk on still in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

They that are able to flee, shall stand under the shadow of Heshbon. For there shall go a fire out of Heshbon, and a flame from Zion, and shall burn up that proud people of Moab, both before and behind.

Wherefore hidest thou thy face? Wilt thou clean forget our misery and oppression?

which turneth floods into dry land, and drieth up the watersprings!

So went I, and hid it, as the LORD commanded me.

Even the LORD of Hosts hath devised it, that he may put down all pomp, and minish all the Glory of the world.

There is no health in my flesh, because of thy displeasure; neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin.

And I shall take out certain of them for to be priests and Levites, sayeth the LORD.

So shall I always keep thy law; yea, for ever and ever.

Who declared this from the beginning, and we will know him; or from the old times, and we will confess and say that he is righteous? But there is none that showeth or declareth anything; there is none also that heareth your words.

Neither destroyed they the Heathen, as the LORD commanded them,

And he died in a good age: old, rich and glorious. And Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

He counteth the hammer no better than a straw, he laugheth him to scorn that shaketh the spear.

Knowest thou, when thou wast born, how old thou shouldest be?

And when they had made an end of the burnt offering, the king and all that were with him kneeled down and bowed themselves and gave praise and thanks.

the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,

And all the lords and men of power, and thereto all the sons of king David submitted themselves under king Solomon.

and will establish his kingdom forever. If he will harden himself to do my commandments, and my laws, as it goeth this day.'

Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zachariah. In Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner.

When Joab saw that the front of the battle was before him and after, he chose out of all the youth of Israel and put them in array against the Syrians.

I followed mine enemies and destroyed them, and turned not again until I had consumed them.

And Achish believed David, saying, "He hath made himself to stink unto his people Israel, and thereto he shall be my servant forever."

and smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped and they dwelt there unto this day.

Ye have eaten up the fat, ye have clothed you with the wool: the best fed have ye slain, but the flock have ye not nourished.

the habitation and the tent thereof with his covering and his rings, boards, bars, pillars and sockets;

And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, both he and his men, every man with his household; and David with his two wives: Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail, Nabal's wife of Carmel.

Behold, ye are all children of Israel. See therefore and give your advice in the case."

Happy is the man, that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

and of Jezer, came the kindred of the Jezerites; and of Shillem the kindred of Shillemites.

and cut the ram in pieces and wash the inwards of him and his legs, and put them unto the pieces and unto his head,

Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty in the edge of the other that is coupled therewith on the other side: so that the loops be one over against another.

And at the last ye came unto this place, and Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against you unto battle, and we smote them

And again he denied with an oath that he knew the man.

And Moses took the redemption money of the overplus that were more than the Levites,

And they sat before him; the eldest according unto his age, and the youngest according unto his youth. And the men marveled among themselves.

and say unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and call for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon my servant, and will set his seat upon these stones that I have hid, and he shall spread his tent over them.

And so, Hananel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison, according to the word of the LORD - and said unto me, 'Buy my land, I pray thee, that lieth in Anathoth in the country of Benjamin: for by heritage thou hast right to loose it out for thyself; therefore redeem it.' Then I perceived, that this was the commandment of the LORD,

It happened in the eleventh year, upon the seventh day of the first Month, that the LORD's word came unto me, saying,

{Samekh} Thou hast covered us in thy wrath, and persecuted us, thou hast slain us, without any favour.

I mean your misdeeds, and the misdeeds of your fathers together, sayeth the LORD, which have made their smokes upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their old deeds into their bosom again.

neither shall the priests and Levites want one to offer always before me burnt offerings, to kindle the meat offerings, and to prepare the sacrifices."

For the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, hath determined that houses, fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.'

Then said Jeremiah unto the rulers and to all the people, "The LORD hath sent me to preach against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

Behold, it is written before my face, and shall not be forgotten, but recompensed. I shall reward it them into their bosom:

Then went I to Euphrates, and digged up, and took the breech from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the breech was corrupt, so that it was profitable for nothing.