And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: wherefore he said to the driver of the chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.

And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped.

And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, unto them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers houses , and said unto them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

Now when these things were done, the princes drew near unto me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.

Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces.

After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.

Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall , and the tower that standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired .

(Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that standeth out.)

After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that standeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel.

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

And the other company of them that gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, upon the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even unto the broad wall,

and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.

There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, who brought in fish, and all manner of wares, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

And when inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them, (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them,)

For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.

The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door-

Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?

And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.

The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, and righteous altogether.

Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me: Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

And the daughter of Tyre'shall be there with a gift; The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.

Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever.

Because of his strength I will give heed unto thee; For God is my high tower.

But I will sing of thy strength; Yea, I will sing aloud of thy lovingkindness in the morning: For thou hast been my high tower, And a refuge in the day of my distress.

Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises: For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy.

He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.

He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my high tower; I shall not be moved.

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.

But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:

Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know me: Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This one was born there.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.

Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.

They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

My lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.

Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

As the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.

Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors'shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.

As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.

The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, All the shields of the mighty men.

My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door , And my heart was moved for him.

Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; Thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looketh toward Damascus.

This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to its clusters.

I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth.

If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.

and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,

and he digged it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;

that say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as the shaking of an olive-tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel.

And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;

The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.

When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?

And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it shall be unto Tyre as in the song of the harlot.

And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.

And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me , and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them ;