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I labour for peace; but when I speak unto them thereof, they make them ready to battle.
whether it be good or evil. We will hearken unto the voice of our LORD God to whom we send thee that we may prosper, when we have followed the voice of the LORD our God."
"Take and cherish him, and make much of him: see thou do him no harm, but entreat him after his own desire."
They came about me like bees, and are extinguished even as the fire among the thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
He followeth upon them, and goeth safely himself, and cometh in no foot path with his feet.
They compass me about with words of hatred, and fight against me without a cause.
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
for he standeth at the righthand of the poor, to save him from such as condemn his soul.
They forgot God their Savior, which had done so great things in Egypt,
For thou art the glory of their strength, and through thy favour shalt thou lift up our horns.
And this Passover was holden in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah.
Then carried he me out to the north door, and brought me forth there, roundabout by the utmost door that turneth eastward. Behold, there came forth the water upon the right side.
Their brethren the Levites were appointed unto all manner service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
And give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and his sons."
then let the priest go out at the house doors, and shut up the house for seven days.
and for peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats and five lambs of one year old. And this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gedeoni.
The whole sum which Moses, Aaron, and the lords of Israel numbered among the Levites in their kindreds and households of their fathers -
and put the staves in the rings along by the altar side to bear it withal, and made the altar hollow with boards.
Heaven and earth, with all that is therein, shall rejoice over Babylon when the destroyers shall come upon her from the North, sayeth the LORD.
And he made a brazen gridiron of network unto the altar round about alow beneath, under the compass of the altar:
and will smite them, that dwell in this city, yea both man and cattle shall die of the pestilence.
Assyria is there also with his company, and their graves round about, which were slain and fell all with the sword,
when I make the land of Egypt desolate, and when the country with all that is therein, shall be laid waste: and when I smite all them which dwell in it, that they may know that I am the LORD.
Make a token unto Moab, that she get her away speedily: for her cities shall be made so desolate, that no man shall dwell therein.
Thus will I do unto this place also, sayeth the LORD, and to them that dwell therein: yea I will do to this city as unto Tophet.
But they that made it shall eat it and shall praise the LORD: and they that gathered it, shall drink it in the court of my holy temple.
that he hath inclined his ear unto me; therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
A fruitful land maketh he barren, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to the city where they dwelt.
The king's power loveth judgment. Thou hast prepared equity; thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness, and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
And be ye not like your fathers and your brethren which trespassed against the LORD of your fathers, which therefore gave them up that they are wasted, as ye see.
He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon, and as the faithful witness in heaven." Selah.
There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any other god.
I said unto the fools, "Deal not so madly," and to the ungodly, "Set not up your horn.
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were all together three hundred and two and ninety.
and said unto her young men, "Go before me, and see I come after you," and told her husband Nabal nothing thereof.
Pluck up thine heart and let us play the men for our people's sake, and for the cities of our God, and the LORD to do what seemeth him best."
And he put five of those bottoms on the right corner of the temple, and other five on the left: And put the sea on the right corner of the temple Eastward and toward the South.
But David let neither man nor woman come living unto Gath, and thought, "They might peradventure speak, and report against us, 'Thus did David.'" And this was his manner as long as he dwelt in the land of the Philistines.
And the men of Israel fled in the battle. And Benjamin began to smite dead of the children of Israel, about a thirty persons, for they supposed that the other had been put to the worse before them, as in the first battle.
But in the trumpet year, the field shall return unto him of whom he bought it, whose inheritance of land it was.
And when it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together,
And ye shall take also a lord of every tribe to divide the land,
And the sons of Gershon were numbered in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers,
And in the morning as soon as it was light, the men were let go with their asses.
seeing the service that they do them, is before their Idols, and cause the house of Israel to stumble through wickedness? For the which cause I have plucked out mine hand over them, sayeth the LORD God, so that now they must bear their own iniquity,
Now when thou hast made it clean, then offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish also.
and as we came to an inn and opened our sacks: behold, every man's money was in his sack with full weight. But we have brought it again with us,
I will make thee a perpetual wilderness, so that no man shall dwell in thy cities: that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
over against the twenty cubits of the innermore court, and against the paved work that was in the fore court. Beside all these three, there stood pillars, one over against another:
All their confusion and offense that they have done against me, shall be taken away: and so safely shall they dwell in their land, that no man shall make them afraid.
Thus the slain shall fall down in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in the streets.
For I will cause Elam to be afraid of their enemies, and of them that seek their lives: and will bring upon them the indignation of my wrath, sayeth the LORD. And I will persecute them with the sword so long till I have brought them to naught.
Which hath made great lights! For his mercy endureth forever.
He clothed himself with cursing like as with a raiment: yea it went into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
Thou hast set them their bounds, which they may not pass, that they turn not again to cover the earth.
It is Egypt that riseth up like a flood, and casteth out the waters with so great noise. For they say, 'We will go up, and will cover the earth; we will destroy the cities, with them that dwell therein.'
Wilt thou not be intreated, LORD, for all this? Wilt thou hold thy peace, and scourge us so sore?
Fear not the king of Babylon, of whom ye stand in awe: O be not afraid of him, sayeth the LORD: for I will be with you, to help you, and deliver you from his hand.
But the people that put their necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those I will let remain still in their own land, sayeth the LORD, and they shall occupy it, and dwell therein.'"
Where are your prophets which have prophesied unto you, and said that the king of Babylon should not come against you and this land?
Moreover, thinkest thou that I am come down hither, to destroy this land without the LORD's will? The LORD said unto me: Go down into the land, that thou mayest destroy it.'"
Then are they glad, because they are at rest; and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.
And this is the cause that they be so puffed up in pride, and overwhelmed with cruelty and unrighteousness.
How long shall all wicked doers speak so disdainfully, and make such proud boasting?
though he suffer them to be evil-entreated through tyrants, or let them wander out of the way in the wilderness,
When sentence is given upon him, let him be condemned; and let his prayer be turned into sin.
O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness, and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
For we consume away in thy displeasure, and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.
For their heart was not whole with him, neither continued they steadfast in his covenant.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and a horrible dread hath overwhelmed me.
Thou hast upholden me because of my innocency, and set me before thy face forever.
How long will ye imagine mischief against every man? Ye shall be slain, all of the sort of you; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge.
For the sin of their mouth, for the words of their lips, and because of their pride, let them be taken. And why? Their preaching is of cursing and lies.
And they put it in the hands of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD. which gave it to the laborers that wrought on the house of the LORD, to repair and mend it,
like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a lion's whelp, lurking in secret places.
because he should have bidden in his free town until the death of the high priest, and after the death of the high priest, he shall return again unto the land of his possession.
Wherefore rise up early in the morning, with thy master's servants that are come with thee. And when ye be up early as soon as ye have light, depart."
And David answered and said, "Behold the king's spear: let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
In like manner in the north side of the habitation there shall be twenty boards
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And they made, upon the breastlap, two fastening chains of wreathen work and pure gold.
And they made two other rings of gold and put them on the two other corners of the breastlap along upon the edge of it, toward the inside of the ephod that is over against it.
These are the children of Rachel which were born unto Jacob: fourteen souls altogether.
Of this portion they shall sell nothing, nor make any permutation there of, lest the chief of the land fall unto other, for it is hallowed unto the LORD.
And next unto the priests, shall the Levites have twenty five thousand long, and ten thousand broad. This shall be on every side twenty five thousand long, and ten thousand broad.
Upon the solemn and high feast days, this shall be the meat offering: an Ephah to a bullock and an Ephah to a ram, and to the lambs: as many as he will, but ever a Hin of oil to an Ephah.
And he measured the length of the building before and behind with the chambers upon both the sides: and it contained a hundred cubits.
The breadth of the door was ten cubits and the walls of the door on either side five cubits. He measured the length thereof, which contained forty cubits, and the breadth twenty.
According to their uncleanness and unfaithful dealings, so have I entreated them, and hid my face from them.
and if he go in to the Sanctuary again to do service, he shall bring a sin offering, sayeth the LORD God.
put all the pieces together in it, all the good pieces: the loin and the shoulder, and fill it with the best bones.
I will deliver him into the hands of the mightiest among the Heathen, which shall root him out. According to his wickedness will I cast him away.
Their burial is given them and all their people, among them that be slain. Their graves are round about all them, which be uncircumcised, and with them that be slain through the sword: for seeing that in times past they made the land of the living afraid, they must now bear their own shame, with them that go down to the pit, and lie among them, that be slain.
{Shin} Thou hast heard their despiteful words, O LORD; yea, and all their imaginations against me.
Thou seest also their sitting down and their rising up. They make their songs of nothing but me.
And Moab shall be made so desolate, that she shall no more be a people, because she hath set up herself against the LORD.
But lo, the time cometh, sayeth the LORD, that I shall send her trussers to truss her up, to prepare and season her vessels: yea her tankards rattle and shake to and fro.
How happeneth it that thy mighty worthies are fallen? Why stood they not fast? Even because the LORD thrust them down.
Nevertheless, if ye purpose not to dwell in this land, nor to follow the voice of the LORD your God,
Unto this Hezekiah's messengers held their tongues, and answered not one word: for the king had charged them that they should give him none answer.
At their desire, there came quails; and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
and said unto them, "Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel unto whom ye sent me, to lay forth your prayers before him:
but I will deliver thee, sayeth the LORD, and thou shalt not come in the hands of those men, whom thou fearest.
until the time that his word came, and until the word of the LORD had tried him.
The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of deceit; he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good.
Remember, LORD, the rebuke that the multitude of the people do unto thy servants, and how I have borne it in my bosom;
For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken, and the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
And why? Thy servants think upon her stones, and it pitieth them to see her in the dust.
All the horns of the ungodly will I break, and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
four hundred and five and thirty Camels, and six thousand, seven hundred and twenty Asses.
And then Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, "Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book." And he read it before the king.
And to the priests that were reckoned in the households of their fathers from twenty years and above, to wait when their courses came.
Moreover, the cloth, either warp or woof or whatsoever thing of skin it be which thou hast washed and the plague be departed from it, shall be washed once again: and then it is clean.
And the pillars were four with four sockets of brass, and the knops of silver, and the heads overlaid with silver and hooped about with silver,
And on the north side the hangings were a hundred cubits long with twenty pillars and twenty sockets of brass, but the knops and the hoops of the pillars were of silver.
so that there was no person lacking, small or great, son or daughter, or of the spoil of all that they had taken away - David brought all again.
And they made yet two other gold rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod, beneath on the fore side of it: even where the sides go together, above upon the broidering of the ephod,
over the tabernacle thirty cubits long apiece and four cubits broad, and they, all eleven, of one size;
and the table with his ordinance, and the pure candlestick with all his apparel, and the altar of cense,
And the children of Israel did even so. And Joseph gave them chariots at the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them victuals also to spend by the way.
His slings and battle-rams shall he prepare for thy walls, and with his weapons break down thy towers.
And the one went out from me and it is said of a surety that he is torn in pieces of wild beasts, and I saw him not since.
So they bound him with chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: which put him in prison, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
After this manner were both the pillars fashioned with the pomegranates, whereof there were a hundredth and ninety six, which hanged upon the hoops round about.
And he brought me through the entrance at the side of the door to the habitation of the Sanctuary, that belongeth to the priests and stood toward the north, and behold, there was a place upon the west side.
through thee I have scattered man and woman, old and young, bachelor and maiden.
The destroyer shall come upon all cities, none shall escape. The valleys shall be destroyed, and the fields shall be laid waste: like as the LORD hath determined.
And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto the prophet Jeremiah, "O put these rags and clothes under thine arm holes, betwixt them and the cords." And Jeremiah did so.
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth.
They did cry, even there, 'O Pharaoh king of Egypt, thou troublous king; the time will bring sedition.'
So all the people that Ishmael had carried away from Mizphah, were brought again. And when they returned, they came to Johanan the son of Kareah.
Moreover, Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, "What have I offended against thee, against thy servants or against this people, that ye have caused me to be put in prison?
For in that day every man shall cast out his Idols of silver and gold, which ye have made with your sinful hands.
How happeneth it then, that thou hast not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which never leaveth of his prophesying?
Smiteth he not his smiter, as even as he is smitten himself? Destroyeth he not the murderers, as he is murdered?
for the mouth of the ungodly, yea and the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me, and speak against me with false tongues.
Ascribe ye the power unto God; his glory is in Israel, and his might in the clouds.
Let the sea make a noise and all that therein is; yea, the whole world, and all that dwell therein.
Like as we have heard, so see we in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God. God upholdeth the same forever. Selah.
The proud shall be robbed and sleep their sleep, and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.
then let the priest command then to wash the thing wherein the plague is, and let him shut it up seven days more.
and the son of him Meraioth, and his son Amariah, and the son of him Ahitub,
And a he-goat for a sin offering, beside the daily burnt offering and his meat and drink offerings.
and their meat offerings of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals to a bullock, and two to a ram
And then the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines and robbed their tents.
And he searched, and began at the eldest and left at the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
and put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are in the edges of the breastlap.
and other money have we brought also in our hands, to buy food, but we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks."
and bring your youngest brother unto me: that your words may be believed, and that ye die not." And they did so.
With the bullock he shall give an Ephah, and with the ram an Ephah also for a meat offering; but to the lambs, what he may come by. And ever an Hin of oil to an Ephah.
But no dead carrion shall the priest eat, nor such as is devoured of wild beasts, fouls or cattle."
Should I use them to be porters of the house, and to all the service that is done therein?
For I will make the land desolate and waste, and the pomp of her strength shall come to an end. The mountains in Israel shall be so waste that no man shall travel thereby.
After this, he measured the breadth from the lower door, unto the innermore court of the outside, which had a hundred cubits upon the east and the north part.
Again, thus sayeth the LORD God: When the forty years are expired I will gather the Egyptians together again, out of the nations, among whom they were scattered,
Whether they be nigh or far from thee, they shall laugh thee to scorn; thou that hast gotten thee so foul a name, and art full of mischief.
and spake lovingly to him. And set his throne above the thrones of the other kings that were with him in Babylon.
These Nebuzaradan the chief Captain took, and carried them to the king of Babylon unto Riblah:
But as for Pharaoh and his host, he overthrew them in the reed sea! For his mercy endureth forever.
As soon as the king of Babylon heareth tell of them, his hands shall wax feeble: Sorrow and heaviness shall come upon him, as a woman travailing with child.
Let the proud be confounded, for they go wickedly about to destroy me; but I will be occupied in thy commandments.
Thus were they stained with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
His delight was in cursing, and therefore shall it happen unto him; he loved not blessing, therefore shall it be far from him.
Nevertheless, they did but flatter him with their mouths, and dissembled with him in their tongues.
Through God we shall do great acts; for it is he that shall tread down our enemies.
My truth also and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he came out of Egypt, and had heard a strange language.
Hear me, O LORD, for thy loving-kindness is comfortable: turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies.
When he made a way to his fearful indignation, and spared not their souls from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited; and they of the household divided the spoil.
And the children of Israel, beside the children of Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew swords, and all men of war.
And David said again to Achish, "Why, what have I done? And what hast thou found in thy servant as long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?"
and their meat and drink offerings unto the bullocks, rams and lambs, after the number of them and according to the manner.
and the pure candlestick, and the lamps prepared thereunto with all the vessels thereof, and the oil for lights,
And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of witness, and the brazen altar, and the brazen gridiron that longeth thereto, and all the vessels of the altar,
so that it reached unto half the altar, and cast four rings of brass for the four ends of the gridiron to put staves in.
And they answered him, "Wherefore saith my lord such words? God forbid that thy servants should do so.
And the lord of the country said unto us, 'Hereby shall I know if ye mean truly: leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food necessary for your households and get you away,
and make marriages with us: give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you,
that thou mayest take thine own confusion upon thee, and be ashamed of all that thou hast done, and to comfort them.
and one stood hard upon another, whereof there were thirty three. And there stood posts beneath by the walls round about the house, to bear them up: but in the wall of the house they were not fastened.
Then said he unto me, "This is the kitchen, where the ministers of the house shall seethe the slain offerings of the people."
And that when I scatter the Egyptians among the Gentiles, and straw them in the lands about, they may know that I am the LORD."
The Heathen shall hear of thy shame, and the land shall be full of thy confusion: for one strong man shall stumble upon another. How then should they not fall both together?"
Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their habitation, and sing among the branches.
that the LORD thy God may show us a way to go in, and tell us what we should do."
For they speak unrighteously against thee; and thine enemies exalt themselves presumptuously.
And so they grieved him with their high places, and provoked him with their images.
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, yea thou hast given them plenteousness of tears to drink.
that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!
O God, the proud are risen against me; and the congregation of the mighty seeketh after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes.
O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid.
And she said unto them, "Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel: 'Tell ye the man that sent you to me,
And over the bearers of burdens and over all that wrought, in whatsoever workmanship it were, went there scribes, officers and porters of the Levites.
and his deeds, first and last, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
and there was great joy in Jerusalem. For since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel it happened not so in Jerusalem.
And of the other side Jordan, of the Reubenites, Gadites and of the half tribe of Manasseh with all manner of instruments of war, a hundred and twenty thousand.
And delivereth me from mine enemies: thou liftest me up on high from them that rise against me, and deliverest me from the wicked men.
And all the gold of the heave offering of the LORD, of the captains over thousands and hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty sicles,
And there were taken, out of the thousands of Israel, twelve thousand prepared unto war: of every tribe a thousand.
Kedemoth with her suburbs, Mephaath with her suburbs.
But and if the priest see that it is somewhat blackish after that it is washed, let him rent it out of the cloth, or out of the skin or out of the warp or woof.
And they made two hooks of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings upon the two corners of the breastlap.
and cast for it four rings of gold and put the rings in the four corners by the feet:
With whosoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and let us also be my lord's bondmen."
But and if ye will not hearken unto us to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and go our ways."
Then saidest thou unto thy servants, 'Except your youngest brother come with you, look that ye see my face no more.'
Which separated holy portion shall belong unto these: namely to the priests, toward the north twenty five thousand and toward the west ten thousand broad, toward the east ten thousand broad also, and toward south twenty five thousand long, wherein the Sanctuary of the LORD shall stand.
his three chambers also on either side, with his pillars and fore entries: which had even the measure of the first door. His height was fifty cubits, the breadth twenty five cubits:
Thou hast well considered how they go about to do me harm, and that all their counsels are against me.
Namely, he eateth not upon the mountains; he lifteth not his eyes up to the Idols of Israel; he defileth not his neighbour's wife;
For her furiousness may neither uphold her with strength nor deed.
The next day after that he had slain Gedaliah - the matter was yet unknown -
Then said Jeremiah unto all the people, to the men, to the women, and to all the folk, which had given him that answer,
Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the people that were with him: Yea, and all the people from the least to the most,
For the which cause the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah from the LORD himself, saying,
Which laid out the earth above the waters! For his mercy endureth forever.
And yet they say, "Tush, the LORD seeth not, the God of Jacob regardeth it not."
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
God hath spoken in his sanctuary, "I will rejoice therefore, and divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
He that nurtureth the Heathen, and teacheth a man knowledge, shall not he punish?
Mine enemies are daily at hand to swallow me up; for they be many that fight against me, O thou Most Highest.
There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Judah their council; the princes of Zebulon, and the princes of Naphtali.
Therefore shall God destroy thee forever; he shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
And a he-goat for a sin offering, beside the daily burnt offering and his meat and drink offerings.
But the country and villages pertaining thereto, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
which they numbered at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses; every man unto his service and burden as the LORD commanded Moses.
One cherub on the one end, and another cherub on the other end of the mercy seat.
only herein will they consent unto us for to dwell with us and to be one people: if all the men children that are among us be circumcised as they are.
Upon the borders of Naphtali from the east quarter unto the west, shall Manasseh have his portion.
As for the portion, that ye shall separate out for the LORD: it shall be twenty five thousand measuring rods long, and ten thousand broad.
As for the Sanctuary, it shall stand for itself: and to the Levites that serve in the house, there shall be given twenty habitations, of the twenty five thousand length and ten thousand breadth.
He measured the length and breadth thereof, which were every one twenty cubits, before the temple. And he said unto me, "This is the holiest of all."
Or which, of all the Gods of the lands, hath delivered their country out of my power, so that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?"
Upon the same day shall the prince give for himself and all the people of the land, a bullock for a sin offering.
He measured also the wall of the house, which was six cubits. The chambers that stood round about the house, were every one four cubits wide,
If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testimony that I shall learn them; their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore."
But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, doing the thing that is lawful and right, he shall live therefore.
They reel to and fro, they stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
Save me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth talketh of vanity, and their righthand is a righthand of falsity -
even the covenant that he made with Abraham, and the oath that he sware unto Isaac,
They have devised mischief, and communed among themselves how they may lay snares. "Tush," say they, "Who shall see them?"
O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness, and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die; even from my youth up, thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind.
He divided the sea, and let them go through it; and made the waters to stand in a heap.
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Thou that hast moved the land, and divided it; heal the sores thereof, for it shaketh.
Yea, they lay hands upon such as be at peace with him, and so they break his covenant.
Stand up, O LORD God of Hosts, thou God of Israel, to visit all Heathen; be not merciful unto them that offend of malicious wickedness. Selah.
And yet more did his servants speak against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah.
And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word again, saying, "All that was committed to thy servants, that do they:
Which of all the gods was it, of those nations that my fathers destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
They lie waiting in our way on every side, watching to cast us down to the ground,
and cast for it four rings of gold for the four corners of it: two rings for the one side and two for the other,
and for peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five lambs of one year old. And this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
and tied it to a lace of jacinth to fasten it on high upon the mitre, as the LORD commanded Moses.
then will we give our daughter to you and take yours to us, and will dwell with you and be one people.
Lea also and her children came and did their obeisance. And last of all came Joseph and Rachel and did their obeisance.
Upon both the sides of the walls of the porch there were made deep windows and date trees, having beams and balks, like as the house had.
And this besieging of the city endured unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
And the people said unto me, "Wilt thou not tell us, what that signifieth, which thou doest?"
Those men will I give into the power of their enemies, and into the hands of them that follow upon their lives. And their dead bodies shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and beasts of the field.
He hath made them fast for ever and ever; he hath given them a law which shall not be broken.
The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad with cords, yea and set traps in my way. Selah.
Then Jeremiah the Prophet said unto them, "I have heard you. Behold, I will pray unto God your LORD, as ye have required me: and look what answer the LORD giveth you, I shall certify you thereof, and keep nothing back from you."
They corrupt others, and speak blasphemies maliciously; proud and presumptuous are their words.
The righthand of the LORD hath the preeminence; the righthand of the LORD hath gotten the victory.
Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance;
the voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; yea, the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, lo, thine enemies shall perish, and all the workers of wickedness shall be scattered abroad.
Their delight shall be daily in thy name; and through thy righteousness they shall be exalted.
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward, and put to confusion that wish me evil.
For thou hast delivered me out of all my trouble, so that mine eye seeth his desire upon mine enemies.
And prepare yourselves by your ancient households and companies, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and the writing of Solomon his son.
Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
And afterward they made ready for themselves and for the priests and for the children of Aaron, which were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night. And therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
Behold, I will take thee to thy fathers and thou shalt be put in thy grave in peace, and thine eyes shall not see all the mischief that I will bring upon this place and upon the inhabiters of the same.'" And they brought the king word again.
And she laid up his garment by her, until her lord came home.
and let them be put in rings along by the sides of the altar, to bear it withal.
And they made two feet to every board of the dwelling place joining one to another.
In the day of the new month, it shall be a young bullock without blemish, six lambs and a ram also without blemish.
and there went a rig-wall round about them all four, under the which there were hearths made round about.
So the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and sprinkle it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the altar, with the door posts of the innermore court.
They shall ordain men also to be dead buriers, ever going through the land, and appoint them certain places to bury those in which remain upon the field - that the land may be cleansed. From end to end shall they seek; and that seven months long.
There must thou lie upon the field: for even I the LORD have spoken it, sayeth the LORD God.
Fair and beautiful was he in his greatness and in the length of his branches, for his root stood beside great waters;
for lo: I will make thee but small among the Heathen, and little regarded among men.
therefore thou shalt eat no more men; neither destroy thy people any more, sayeth the LORD God.
"Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel unto thee, O Baruch:
But through my commandment, sayeth the LORD, they shall come again before this city, they shall fight against it, win it, and burn it. Moreover I will lay the cities of Judah so waste, that no man shall dwell therein."
Then said the princes unto Baruch, "Go thy way, and hide thee with Jeremiah, so that no man know where ye be."
Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD, that great is the glory of the LORD.
And that was counted unto him for righteousness, among all posterities for evermore.
for he shall die in the place whereunto he is led captive, and shall see this land no more.
how he swore unto the LORD, and vowed a vow unto the almighty one of Jacob,
Thou madest room for it, and caused it to take root, so that it filled the land.
They forgot what he had done, and the wonderful works that he had showed for them.
For lo, they that forsake thee shall perish; thou destroyest all them that commit fornication against thee.
Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure, and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation.
For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah, that men may dwell there, and have it in possession.
The enemy crieth so, and the ungodly cometh on so fast: for they are minded to do me some mischief, so maliciously are they set against me.
The strange children shall fail, and be afraid out of their prisons. {TYNDALE: And the aliens that shrink away shall tremble for fear in their defended places.}
And as for the king of Judah, which sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him: Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard:
And thereto he wrote a letter to rail on the LORD God of Israel and spake therein, saying, "As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, no more shall the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand."
And they have poured out the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have delivered into the hands of the overseers of the workmen."
Nevertheless, the people did offer still in the hill altars; howbeit unto the LORD their God only.
And all the congregation of Judah with the priests and Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel and the strangers, both that came out of the land of Israel and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced:
and no more bring the seat of Israel from the land which I have ordained for your fathers; if so be, they shall be diligent to do all I have commanded by Moses in all the law ordinances and manners."
and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the habitation, and all the pins of the court round about.
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
For except we had made this tarrying: by this we had been there twice and come again."
We be twelve brethren sons of our father, one is away, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.'
his windows and porches with his date trees, had even like measure as the door toward the east: there were seven steps to go up upon, and their porch before them.
through the thick wall of the fore court toward the east, right over against the separated building.
And the whole Host of the Chaldeans that were with the chief Captain brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Insomuch as thou thoughtest thus, when thou wast writing, 'Woe is me, the LORD hath given me pain for my travail: I have wearied myself with sighing, and shall I find no rest?'
Among other desolate countries they shall be made desolate, and among other waste cities they shall be wasted.
All the cattle also of Egypt will I destroy, that they shall come no more upon the waters: so that neither man's foot nor beasts claw, shall steer them any more.
Then came the heathen together on every side out of all countries against him, laid their nets for him, and took him in their pit.
Again, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Thus sayeth the king, 'Let not Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you.'
There is gone about the land a cry of a slaughter and great murder, namely on this manner:
"Did not the LORD remember the sacrifices that ye, your forefathers, your kings and rulers, with all the people, have offered in the cities of Judah, in the streets and land of Jerusalem? And hath he not considered this in his mind?
For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates, and hath blessed thy children within thee.
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, "Look that nobody know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
Yea thus hath the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel spoken, as touching the residue of the ornaments of the LORD's house of the king of Judah's house, and of Jerusalem:
A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth; a malicious and wicked person shall be hunted away, and destroyed.
The proud have had me exceedingly in derision; yet have I not shrinked from thy law.
But when the sun ariseth, they get them away together, and lie them down in their dens.
because they were not obedient to the commandments of God, but lightly regarded the counsel of the most highest - he also brought down their hearts through heaviness.
But we will praise thee LORD, from this time forth for evermore. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!
He opened the rock of stone, and the waters flowed out, so that rivers ran in the dry places.
As for me, I will give thanks unto the LORD with my mouth, and praise him among the multitude;
Why hast thou then broken down her hedge, that all they which go by, pluck off her grapes?
He carried them unto the borders of his Sanctuary: even to this mountain, which he purchased with his righthand.
Their device is only how to put him out, whom God will exalt; their delight is in lies. They give good words with their mouth, but curse with their heart. Selah.
Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh, so makest thou their image to vanish out of the city.
but rid me, and deliver me, in thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Give thanks, O Israel, unto God the LORD in the congregations, from the ground of the heart.
And the third day, eleven bullocks two rams and fourteen yearling lambs without spot:
And when it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath, he sought no more for him.
In likewise on the north side there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long and twenty pillars with their sockets of brass, and the knops and the hoops of silver.
and overlaid the boards with gold, and made them rings of gold to thrust the bars through, and covered the bars with gold.
the hangings of the court with his pillars and their sockets, and the hanging to the door of the court;
Eat the fat your belly full, and drink blood till ye be drunken of the slaughter, which I have slain unto you.
I will multiply the fruits of the trees, and the increase of the field for you, so that ye shall bear no more reproof of hunger among the Heathen.
Then shall they learn to know, that I am the LORD, when I make the land waste and desolate, because of all their abominations, that they have wrought.'
Whoso escapeth the fear, shall fall in the pit: and whoso getteth out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare. For I will bring a year of visitation upon Moab, sayeth the LORD.
her daughters upon the field shall perish with the sword, that they may know how that I am the LORD.
Moab shall be destroyed, her cities burnt up: her chosen young men shall be slain, sayeth the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
Hear them not, but serve the king of Babylon, that ye may live. Wherefore will ye make this city to be destroyed?
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I stretch out my shoe; upon Philistia will I triumph."
Thou, with thine arm, hast delivered thy people, even the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
The haters of the LORD should have been found liars; but their time should have endured for ever.
Zion heareth of it and rejoiceth; yea, and the daughters of Judah are glad because of thy judgments, O LORD.
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts; show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
that he may deliver their soul from death, and to feed them in the time of dearth.
He cast out the heathen before them, caused their land to be divided among them for a heritage, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
And when he heard that I lift up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me and fled away and got him out."
For they regard not in their mind the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands: therefore shall he break them down, and not build them up.
For strangers are risen up against me; and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. Selah.
and forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards, two sockets under every board, even for the two feet of them.
And upon the west side, five hundred and four thousand measures, with three ports also: the one Gad, another Asher, the third Naphtali.
Now when he had measured all the innermore house, he brought me forth through the east port, and measured the same round about.
And the door of the innermore court stood toward the south, and he measured from one door to another a hundred cubits.
The edge before the chambers was one cubit broad upon both the sides, and the cambers six cubits wide of either side.
Take this for a token, that I will visit you in this place, sayeth the LORD, and that ye may know, how that I, without doubt, will perform my purpose upon you to punish you.
Thou bringest out fountains and waters out of the hard rocks; thou driest up mighty rivers.
and hast given them this land, like as thou hadst promised unto their fathers: Namely, that thou wouldest give them a land, that floweth with milk and honey.
that thy beloved may be delivered; let thy righthand save them, and hear thou me.
Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant, and cast his crown to the ground.
And these are the children of Gilead: Iezer, of whom cometh the kindred of the Iezerites; and of Helek cometh the kindred of the Helekites;
And the two ends of the two chains they fastened in the two hooks, and put them on the shoulders of the ephod upon the forefront of it.
the hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits long, and their pillars three with their three sockets.
This is the number of the kindreds of the sons of Gershon, of all that did service in the tabernacle of witness, which Moses and Aaron did number at the commandment of the LORD.
Then said my lord unto his servants, 'Bring him unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.'
Seven days shalt thou bring, every day a goat buck. A young bullock, and a ram of the flock, both without blemish, shall they offer.
and not kept the holy ordinances of my Sanctuary, but set keepers of my Sanctuary, even after your own mind.
Before the inward part unto the fore entry of the innermore door, were fifty cubits.
He changed also the clothes of his prison; yea, and he ate with him all his life long.
Send down thine hand from above; deliver me, and take me out of the greatwaters, from the hand of strange children,
See thou give them this answer, 'I have humbly besought the king, that he will let me lie no more in Jonathan's house, that I die not there.'"
Let hot burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, and into the pit, that they never rise up again.
O deal with thy servant according unto thy loving mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter into it.
which turned the hard rock into a standing water, and the flint stone into a springing well.
that he may hear the mournings of such as be in captivity, and deliver the children that are appointed unto death,
When the LORD heard this, he was wroth: so the fire was kindled in Jacob, and heavy displeasure against Israel,
Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and more; let them be put to shame and perish.
Comfort us again, now after the time that thou hast plagued us, and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity.
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees.
They have set fire upon thy holy places, and have defiled the dwelling place of thy name, even to the ground.
And all men that see it shall say, "This hath God done!" For they shall perceive that it is his work.
For lo, they lie in waiting for my soul; the mighty men are gathered together against me, without any offense or fault of me, O LORD.
But thou, O LORD, shalt have them in derision, thou shalt laugh all the Heathen to scorn.
And in all the cities of Judah, city by city, he made hill altars to burn incense unto other gods, and angered the LORD God of his fathers.
Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses, that it may be told them that come after.
Now therefore hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee, and eat, and get the strength to go thy journey."
from thirty years up unto fifty, all that were able to go forth with the host to do service in the tabernacle of witness.
And they made fifty rings of brass to couple the tent together that it might be one.
The residue of that holy ground shall be the priests, which do service in the Sanctuary of the LORD, and go in before the LORD to serve him, that they may have room to dwell in.
for they bare chamber upon chamber, and stood tree together one upon another not having pillars like the fore court: therefore were they smaller than those beneath and in the midst, to reckon from the ground upward.
And he brought me to the north door, and measured it, which also had the foresaid measure.
He measured the door from the ridge of one chamber to another, whose wideness was twenty five cubits, and one door stood against another.
Vain is it; and worthy to be laughed at. And in the time of visitation it shall perish.
Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their floods to run like oil, sayeth the LORD God,
he and his people with him. Yea, and the cruel tyrants of the Heathen shall be brought to destroy the land. They shall draw out their swords upon Egypt and fill the land full of slain men.
O how fearful is she? O how mourneth she? O how doth Moab hang down her head, and is ashamed? Thus shall Moab be a laughingstock, and had in derision of all them, that be round about her.
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah the Prophet, saying,
And Micaiah told them all the words that he heard Baruch read out of the book before the people.
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them; he bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow.
They continue this day according to thine ordinance; for all things serve thee.
The proud imagine lies upon me, but I keep thy commandments with my whole heart.
O let thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.
Hide me from the gathering together of the froward, and from the insurrection of wicked doers,
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame; and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a cloak.
that they may preach the name of the LORD in Zion, and his worship at Jerusalem,
He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar; for they kept his testimonies, and the law that he gave them.
There breaketh he the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the whole battle. Selah.
Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the LORD to persecute them.
But when he followeth his fathers' generation, he shall never see light any more.
O let not the foot of pride overtake me; O let not the hand of the ungodly cast me down.
But and if it appear any more in the cloth either in the warp or in the woof or in anything made of skin, then it is a waxing plague. And see that ye burn that with fire, wherein the plague is.
And let thine eyes be open unto the prayer of thy servant and unto the prayer of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them, in all that they call unto thee for.
and that the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And then Pharaoh awaked: and see, here is his dream.
whose gift was: a silver charger of a hundred and thirty sicles weight; and a silver bowl of seventy sicles the holy sicle - and both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering -
And they put the two chains of gold in the two rings, in the corners of the breastlap.
and they made fifty loops along by the border of the utmost coupling courtain on the one side, and fifty in the edge of the coupling curtain on the other side.
Upon the borders of Manasseh from the east side unto the west, shall Ephraim have his portion.
Be not faint hearted, and fear not at every rumor that shall be heard in the land: for every year bringeth new tidings; yea, strange wickedness and lordship.
Upon the borders of Asher from the east part unto the west shall Naphtali have his portion.
My heart is smitten down, and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.
Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them. O it shall be a glorious day, when I get me that honour, sayeth the LORD God.
Whereunto, thus sayeth the LORD God: when the whole world is in wealth, then will I make thee waste.
he went out of the king's house, and spake to the king, which then sat under the port of Benjamin, these words:
I charged Baruch also before them, saying,
As he was following the ewes great with young, he took him, that he might feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
Praised be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!
They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness; and the little hills shall rejoice on every side.
Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies, and mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise up against me.
Lift up thy feet, that thou mayest utterly destroy every enemy which hath done evil in thy sanctuary.
All mine enemies whisper together against me; even against me do they imagine this evil.
And they said unto him, "If thou shalt be a servant unto this people this day and serve them and answer them and speak kind words to them: they will be thy servants forever."
"Unto these the land shall be divided to inherit, according to the number of names:
But as soon as I lift up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me and fled out."
wherefore return and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines."
And he made staves of sethim-wood and covered them with gold to bear the table withal,
And they made bars of sethim-wood; five for the boards of the one side of the habitation,
Upon the east side, five hundred and four thousand measures, with three ports: the one Joseph, another Benjamin, the third Dan.
And before this chamber there was a walking place of ten cubits wide, and within was a way of one cubit wide, and their doors toward the north.
Yea in all the four corners of the court, there was made a little court of forty cubits long, and thirty broad: these four little courts were of one like measure,
The chamber doors stood over against the outwall, the one door was toward the north, the other toward the South: and the thickness of the outwall was five cubits round about.
even upon such as keep his covenant, and think upon his commandments to do them.
The byposts of the temple were four squared, and the fashion of the Sanctuary was even as it appeared unto me afore in the vision.
The righteous will consider this and rejoice; the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped.
Mine enemies revile me all the day long; and they that are mad upon me are sworn together against me.
The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded when she shall be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.
Now when they had heard all the words, they were abashed one upon another, and said unto Baruch, "We will certify the king of all these words."
The wild boar out of the wood hath rooted it up, and the beasts of the field have devoured it.
Wilt thou be displeased at us forever? Wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another?
He brought them out safely, that they should not fear, and overwhelmed their enemies with the sea.
then hear thou their prayer and supplication up to heaven thy dwelling place, and judge their causes,
They have given a wicked sentence upon me, "When he lieth, he shall rise up no more."
O let the mount Zion rejoice, and the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
My desire is that mine enemies triumph not over me; for if my foot slip, they rejoice greatly against me.
I will beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I will cast them out as the clay in the streets. {TYNDALE: And I will beat them as small as the dust of the earth, and will stamp them as the dirt of the street, and will spread them abroad.}
And Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
When the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were abashed: for they saw that evil approached them.
which the men of war had spoiled, every man for himself.
And on the east side toward the sun rising, were hangings of fifty cubits:
And he made two rings of gold unto it, even under the crown upon either side of it, to put staves in for to bear it withal:
Upon the borders of Reuben from the east quarter unto the west shall Judah have his portion.
Then said Joseph, "Bring your cattle, and I will give yow for your cattle, if ye be without money."
In the morning it is green and groweth up; but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.
Hear, therefore: her young men shall fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be taken away in that time, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the world;
And he saved them from the adversary's hand, and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.
Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake; and for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark? Or thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten?
They come in no misfortune like other folk; neither are they plagued like other men.
O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee; and according unto the power of thy arm, preserve those that are appointed to die.
O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove unto the beasts, and forget not the congregation of the poor forever.
He delivered their power into captivity, and their beauty into the enemy's hand.
He turned the sea into dry land, so that they went through the water on foot; there did we rejoice thereof.
How can they have understanding, that are the workers of wickedness, eating up my people as it were bread, and calling not upon God?
for he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth, neither shall his pomp follow him.
so he measured yet a thousand, and brought me through the water again unto the knees: yet measured he a thousand, and brought me through the waters unto the loins.
from the ungodly that trouble me. Mine enemies compass me round about, to take away my soul.
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 -
And he said unto them, "Nay, verily, but even to see where the land is weak is your coming."
Upon the borders of Simeon from the east part unto the west, shall Issachar have his portion.
The next day, take a goat buck without blemish for a sin offering, to reconcile the altar withal: like as it was reconciled with the bullock.
and not to come nigh me, to serve me with their priesthead in my Sanctuary, and most holiest of all: that they may bear their own shame and abominations, which they have done.
In like manner, his chambers, pillars, and fore entries, had even the foresaid measure also. And he had with his porches round about, windows of fifty cubits high, and twenty five cubits broad.
the face of a man looking aside toward the date tree, and a lion's face on the other side. Thus was it made round about in all the house;
that they may be avenged of them, as it is written. Such honour have all his saints. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!
But they would not follow nor hearken, to turn from their wickedness, and to do no more sacrifice unto strange gods.
He brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air, and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land.
wherewith thine have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine anointed.
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Or, hath he shut up his loving-kindness in displeasure? Selah.
For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause; yea, and made a pit for my soul, which I never deserved.
For they intended mischief against thee, and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.
Let them fall away like water that runneth a pace; and when they shoot their arrows, let them be rooted out.
Wherefore his own servants conspired against him and slew him in his own house.
And they made the middle bar to shoot through the boards: even from the one end to the other,
that our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets.
When the prince cometh, he shall go under the door porch, and even there depart forth again.
The wall without that stood by the chambers toward the utmost court upon the fore side of the chambers, was fifty cubits long:
Yea I will establish the king of Babylon's arm, and the armies of Pharaoh shall fall down: that it may be known that I am the LORD, which give the king of Babylon my sword in his hand, that he may draw it out upon the land of Egypt.
Let the freewill offerings of my mouth please thee, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
He caused the east wind to blow under the heaven, and through his power he brought in the southwest wind.
He shall recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice: yea the LORD our God shall destroy them.
Hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble; O haste thee, and hear me.
yea, when God ariseth to give judgment, and to help all them that be in adversity upon earth. Selah.
I am become as it were a monster unto many, but my sure trust is in thee.
And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee, nor behave ourselves unfaithfully in thy covenant.
and put the staves in the rings along by the side of the ark to bear it withal.
and likewise on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits with three pillars and three sockets.
and five for the other, and five for the boards of the west end of the habitation.
Upon the borders of Zebulun from the east part unto the west, shall Gad have his portion.
and appointed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament;
And this separated piece that they have of the land, shall be the most holy, hard upon the borders of the Levites.
For why? He remembered his holy promise which he had made to Abraham his servant.
Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread; let them seek it also out of desolate places.
Therefore shall her young men fall down in the streets, and all her men of war shall be rooted out in that day, sayeth the LORD.
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting; O grant me understanding, and I shall live.
Then Jeremiah answered Zedekiah, "If I be plain unto thee, thou wilt cause me suffer death: If I give thee counsel, thou wilt not follow me."
They thought not of his hand, and of the day when he delivered them from the hand of the enemy;
The enemy shall not overcome him, and the son of wickedness shall not hurt him.
with their meat offerings of flour mingled with oil three tenth deals unto a bullock two tenth deals to a ram,
But mine enemies live, and are mighty: and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number.
And the meat and drink offerings unto the bullock, ram and lambs, according to their numbers and according to the manner.
And he said, "Now therefore, according unto your words, he with whom it is found shall be my servant: but ye, shall be harmless."
The thickness of the side wall without, contained five cubits, and so did the outwall, of the chambers in the house.
The chambers of the door eastward, were three on every side: alike broad and long. The pillars also that stood of both the sides, were of one measure.
And they made ready their present against Joseph came at noon, for they heard say that they should dine there.
But turned their backs, and fell away like their forefathers, starting aside like a broken bow.
Lo, he smote the stony rock, that the watery streams gushed out, and the streams flowed withal: but how can he give bread and provide flesh for his people?"
When he is fallen, all the fowls of the air shall sit upon him, and all wild beasts of the field shall go about among his branches:
When thou givest it them, they gather it; when thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
the heavy wrath of God came upon them, and slew the wealthiest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
Let them fall from one wickedness to another, and not come into thy righteousness.
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them.
Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall, insomuch that whoso seeth them, shall laugh them to scorn.
The LORD hath said, "I will bring my people again, as I did from Bashan; mine own will I bring again, as I did sometimes from the deep of the sea,
Consume them in thy wrath; consume them that they may perish, and know that it is God which ruleth in Jacob and in all the world. Selah.
And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
Neither build we any house to dwell therein, we have also among us neither vineyards, nor corn land to sow:
And the children of Israel gave the Levites such cities with their suburbs,
After that, he brought me to the south side, where there stood a door toward the south: whose pillars and porches he measured, these had the first measure,
we said that we could not go. 'Nevertheless, if our youngest brother go with us then will we go, for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.'
The suburbs hard upon the city shall have toward the north, fifty and two hundred; and toward the south, fifty and two hundred; and toward the east, fifty and two hundred; and toward the west also, fifty and two hundred.
Cast forth thy lightning, and tear them; shoot out thine arrows, and consume them.
Isaiah said, "What have they looked upon in thine house?" Hezekiah answered, "All that is in mine house have they seen: and there is nothing in my treasure, but I showed it them."
Their soul abhorred all manner of meat, and they were even hard at death's door.
He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
I make my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart; O be merciful unto me, according unto thy word.
Many a time did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their own inventions, and were brought down in their wickedness.
Therefore fall the people unto them, and there out suck they no small advantage.
or cast any manner of stone at him that he die therewith, and saw him not, and he cast it upon him and he died, but was not his enemy, neither sought him any harm;
But it is thou that savest us from our enemies, and puttest them to confusion that hate us.
And he made to come forth all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin, and the inhabiters of Jerusalem promised to keep the covenant of the God which was the God of their fathers.
For our soul is brought low, even unto the dust; and our belly cleaveth unto the ground.
Let them be desolate, and rewarded with shame, that say unto me, "There! There!"
Let them be put to confusion and shame together, that rejoice at my trouble: let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour, that boast themselves against me.
As for the residue of the length, that lieth hard upon the separated holy ground: namely ten thousand toward the east and ten thousand toward the west, next unto the holy portion: it and the increase thereof shall serve for their meat, that labour in the city.
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 -
After this, he measured the wideness of the door, which was ten cubits, and the height of the door, thirteen cubits.
Nevertheless, hearken thou also what I will say, that thou and all the people may hear.
They hold all together, and keep themselves close, and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul.
Consider, O LORD, how I love thy commandments; O quicken me with thy loving-kindness.
Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul; let them be covered with shame and dishonour, that seek to do me evil.
Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our enemies, so that they which hate us spoil our goods.
But the king of Syria commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, "See that ye fight not against small or great, save against the king of Israel only."
Upon the borders of Dan from the east side unto the west, shall Asher have his portion.
that our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store; that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets;
Yea, among the uncircumcised shalt thou be destroyed, and sleep with them, that perish through the sword.
If ye will not follow it, be sure that ye shall perish with the sword, with hunger and pestilence: even in the same place where your lust was to go, and dwell."
Arise, O God, and maintain thine own cause; remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily.
Like as a fire that burneth up the wood, and as the flame that consumeth the mountains.
What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? And thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?
The seed of his servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbours have blasphemed thee, reward them, O LORD, seven fold into their bosom.
They shall fall into the sword, and be a portion for foxes.
Behold, they speak against me with their mouth, and swords are under their lips, for who reproveth them?
Shall they escape for their wickedness? Thou, O God, in thy displeasure shalt cast them down.
Awake, and stand up to judge my quarrel; avenge thou my cause, my God and my LORD.
And when Hezekiah and the lords came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and his people Israel.
His pillars stood toward the uttermost court, and upon them both were date trees, and eight steps to go up upon.
For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.
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 -
Thy cities will I break down, and thou shalt lie void: that thou mayest know, how that I am the LORD.
Thus my sheep must be fain to eat the thing that ye have trodden down with your feet, and to drink it that ye with your feet have defiled.
whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom.
Thus will I punish Egypt, that they may know how that I am the LORD."
And of thy goodness scatter mine enemies abroad, and destroy all them that vex my soul; for I am thy servant.
For there the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD, to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
O quicken me after thy loving-kindness; and so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
The congregations of the ungodly have robbed me, but I have not forgotten thy law.
Thus they provoked him unto anger with their own inventions; and the plague was great among them.
He rained down manna upon them as thick as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.
Look upon the covenant, for the dark houses of the earth are full of wickedness.
This goeth day and night about the walls; mischief and vice are in the midst of it.
Which taketh away the breath of princes, and is wonderful among the kings of the earth.
I am become as a man that heareth not: and that can make no resistance with his mouth.
His mountains will I fill with his slain men: thy hills, dales and valleys shall lie full of them that are slain with the sword.
Moreover, from the Levites and the cities possession, that lie in the midst of the prince's part, look: what remaineth betwixt the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, it shall be the prince's.
Yea, even like as the other chamber doors were, so were those also of the south side. And before the way toward the singers' steps on the east side, there stood a door to go in at.
So he brought me into the utmost court, round about all the four corners. Behold, in every corner of the forecourt, there was yet a little court.
For I will visit them that dwell in Egypt, as I have visited Jerusalem: with the sword, with hunger and with pestilence.
It is burnt with fire, and cut down; O let them perish at the rebuke of thy wrath.
until I find out a place for the temple of the LORD, a habitation for the mighty one of Jacob."
How he gave their fruits unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the grasshopper;
He brought waters out of the stony rock, so that it gushed out like the rivers.
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother; I went heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him. And he told them, after the manner as the king bade him. Then they held their peace, for they perceived nothing.
Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance in the sight of LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be done away.
that thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and that thy dogs may lick it up."
The rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness in following the writing of the law,
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 -
His porches reached unto the uttermost court: his pillars also had date trees on either side, and eight steps to go up upon.
Upon the borders of Benjamin from the east side unto the west, shall Simeon have his portion.
that thy power, thy glory and mightiness of thy kingdom, might be known unto men.
Now the paved work was a long beside the doors, and that was the lower paved work.
I will pardon you, I will have mercy upon you, and bring you again into your own land.
And they examined Baruch, saying, "Tell us, how didst thou write all these words? Out of his mouth?"
His heart is stablished, and will not shrink, until he sees his desire upon his enemies.
Let not the ungodly have his desire, O LORD; let not his mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud. Selah.
and that because of thine indignation and wrath; for thou hast taken me up, and cast me down.
I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land, that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
And why? Their communing is not for peace, but they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.
And why? Judgment shall be turned again unto righteousness, and all such as are true in heart shall follow it.
For while he lived, he counted himself a happy man; and so long as thou doest well unto thyself, men will speak good of thee.
They gape upon me with their mouths, saying, "There! There! We see it with our eyes!"
and their meat and drink offerings unto the bullocks, rams and lambs, according to their number and after the manner.
And he covered it with pure gold; both the top and the sides round about and the horns of it, and made unto it a crown of gold round about.
And they said unto him, "Nay, my lord: but to buy victuals thy servants are come.
that all the beasts of the field may have drink, and that the wild asses may quench their thirst.
Now have I showed, and declared unto you the voice of the LORD your God, for the which cause he hath sent me to you.
Now the LORD hath sent it, and performed it as he had promised. For ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not been obedient to his voice, therefore cometh this plague upon you.
And they said unto him, "Sit down, and read the book that we may hear also." So Baruch read, that they might hear.
The same way that he came, shall he return, and not come at this city, sayeth the LORD.
They imagine wickedness, and keep it secret among themselves; every man in the deep of his heart.
When they are minished and brought low through oppression, through any plague or trouble,
saying, "Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance."
They gather them together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
that thou mayest give him patience in time of adversity, until the pit be digged up for the ungodly.
When thou lettest thy judgment be heard from heaven, the earth trembleth and is still;
I should soon have put down their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
O let not the simple go away ashamed; for the poor and needy give praises unto thy name.
And the sixth day, eight bullocks, two rams and fourteen yearling lambs without spot.
With joy and gladness shall they be brought, and shall enter into the king's palace.
And of the other side of the court gate, were hangings also of fifteen cubits long, and their pillars three with three sockets.
And at once every man took down his sack to the ground, and every man opened his sack.
And we answered my lord, that the lad could not go from his father, 'For if he should leave his father, he were but a dead man.'
and his porch reached unto the uttermost court: upon his pillars there were date trees, and eight steps to go up upon.
He brought me also into the inmost court upon the east side, and measured the door, according to the measure afore said.
with steps to go up upon: his porch stood before him, with his pillars and date trees on either side.
They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep; their soul melteth away in the trouble.
Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them that compass me about.
For thus sayeth the LORD: This city, no doubt, must be delivered into the power of the king of Babylon, and he also shall win it."
But praised be the LORD, which hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth.
He smote all the firstborn in their land, even the chief of all their strength.
Let it thus happen from the LORD unto mine enemies, and to those that speak evil against my soul.
He spake the word, and there came all manner of flies and lice in all their quarters.
So the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the congregation of Abiram.
But he increased his people exceedingly, and made them stronger than their enemies,
The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not given in marriage.
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together,
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded.
And when I looked and saw that ye had sinned against the LORD your God and had made you a calf of metal and had turned at once out of the way which the LORD had commanded you;
Thou shalt grant the king a long life; that his years may endure throughout all generations,
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not triumph over me.
Shall not thou do it, O God, thou that hast cast us out? Wilt not thou, O God, go out with our hosts?
Before the same building upon this side there were chambers also which had a way unto them, like as the chambers on the north side of the same length and wideness. Their entrance, fashion and doors were all of the same manner.
Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and burn him in a several place without the Sanctuary.
and with their porches they had windows round about, like the first windows. The height was fifty cubits, the breadth twenty five,
But if the princes perceive that I have talked with thee, and come unto thee, saying, 'O speak, what said the king to thee? hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death. Tell us, we pray thee: what said the king to thee?'
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; yea, I shall ever be talking of thy statutes.
I have thought upon thy name, O LORD, in the night season, and have kept thy law.
and that, because his mind was not to do good, but persecuted the poor helpless, and him that was vexed at the heart, to slay him.
Let his posterity be destroyed; and in the next generation let his name be clean put out.
in the courts of the LORD's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!
Let the extortioner consume all that he hath; and let stranger spoil his labour.
Shalt not thou do it, O God which hast cast us out? And wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
And a he-goat for a sin offering, beside the daily burnt offering and his meat and drink offerings.
And thus shall the lamb, the meat offering and oil be given every morning, for a daily burnt offering.
O deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men; and so shall I keep thy commandments.
when the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms also, to serve the LORD.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand? Why pluckest thou not thy righthand out of thy bosom, to consume thy enemies?
Yea, let them now that fear the LORD confess, that his mercy endureth forever.
Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh us to scorn.
Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy congregations, and set up their banners for tokens.
My tongue talketh of thy righteousness, all the day long; for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil.
and every door had two little wickets which were folden in one upon another, on every side two.
Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together, and let me ever escape them.
Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, the king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan -
ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up, but they have not overcome me.
Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy, and with the despitefulness of the proud.
Many there are that trouble me, and persecute me; yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies.
what time as they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another.
How he smote their cattle also with hail stones, and their flocks with hot thunderbolts;
But when I went by, lo, he was gone; I sought him, but his place could nowhere be found.
Upon the borders of Issachar from the east side unto the west, shall Zebulun have his portion.
Upon the borders of Ephraim from the east part unto the west, shall Reuben have his portion.
They that labour for the wealth of the city, shall maintain this also, out of what tribe soever they be in Israel.
mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars;
And like as thou knowest the naughty figs, which may not be eaten they are so evil: Even so will I, sayeth the LORD, let Zedekiah the king of Judah - yea, and all his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem that remain over in this land, and them also that dwell in Egypt - to be vexed and plagued in all kingdoms and lands.
Therefore their days were consumed in vanity, and suddenly their years were gone.
Hear my voice, O LORD, according unto thy loving-kindness; quicken me, as thou art wont.
They kept me in, I say, on every side; but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
saying, "God hath forsaken him. Persecute him, and take him, for there is none to help him."
Sihon, king of the Amorites! For his mercy endureth forever.
The ungodly have laid a snare for me; but yet swerve I not from thy commandments.
He hath sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O thou land of Egypt, upon Pharaoh and all his servants.
that we might see the pleasure of thy chosen, and rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and give thanks with thine inheritance.
and gave them the lands of the Heathen; where they took the labours of the people in possession,
The days of his youth hast thou shortened, and covered him with dishonour. Selah.
Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares, and his net that he hath laid privily catch himself, that he may fall into his own mischief.
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 -
And the man did as Joseph bade, and brought them in to Joseph's house.
for the length of the utmost chambers in the fore court was fifty cubits also: but the length thereof before the temple was a hundred cubits.
Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me, and from the traps of the wicked doers.