Thematic Bible: For native land


Thematic Bible



Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,


And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?

Have joy with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you her lovers: take part in her joy, all you who are sorrowing for her:

Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

Now when Hadad had news in Egypt that David had been put to rest with his fathers, and that Joab, the captain of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, Send me back to my country.

Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain